Apjohnia
Appearance
Apjohnia | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Cladophorales |
Family: | Siphonocladaceae |
Genus: | Apjohnia Harvey |
Apjohnia is a genus of green algae in the family Siphonocladaceae.[1]
The genus name of Apjohnia is in honour of Anne Apjohn, the wife of James Apjohn (1796–1886), the Irish chemist.[2]
Species
As accepted by
WoRMS;[3]
- Apjohnia laetevirens Harvey, 1855
- Apjohnia scoparia (Kützing) Valet, 1997
Former species;
- A. rugulosa (G.Martens) G.Murray, 1891 now accepted as synonym of Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing, 1843
- A. tropica P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1865 accepted as synonym of Siphonocladus tropicus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) J.Agardh, 1887
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Apjohnia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Apjohnia Harvey, 1855". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 December 2022.