Nayalia

Nayalia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetophorales
Family: Chaetophoraceae
Genus: Nayalia
P. C. Silva, 1959
Type species
Nayalia terrestris
Species[1]

Nayalia is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae.[1]

The genus name of Nayalia is in honour of A.A. Nayal, who was an Egyptian botanist from the Department of Botany at Cairo University.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Taxon vol.8 on page 63 in 1959.

References

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Nayalia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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