Wislouchia

Wislouchia is a genus of chlorophyte green algae. The name was first published in 2021, as a replacement name for Raciborskiella.[1][2] As of February 2022, it was the only genus in the family Wislouchiaceae.[3]

Wislouchia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Wislouchiaceae
Genus: Wislouchia
Molinari & Guiry[1]
Species
  • Wislouchia salina (Wisłouch) Molinari & Guiry
  • Wislouchia uroglenoidea (Svirenko) Molinari & Guiry
Synonyms[2]

Raciborskiella Wisłouch, nom. illeg.

The genus synonym name of Raciborskiella was in honour of Marjan (Mariyan) Raciborski (1863-1917), who was a Polish botanist (Mycology, Algology and Bryology), plant collector and Palaeontologist, Professor of Botany at Lemberg University (Ukraine) in 1909. It was named by botanist Stanislav Michailovic Wislouch (1875-1927),[4] who the new genus is named after.[5]

References
  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M., "Wislouchia", AlgaeBase, World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway, retrieved 2022-02-26
  2. Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2021), "Nomenclatural notes on algae. IV. Further replacement names for various algal taxa", Notulae Algarum, 183: 1–10
  3. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M., "Wislouchiaceae", AlgaeBase, World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway, retrieved 2022-02-26
  4. "Wisłouch, Stanislav (Michaelovic) | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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