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Genus of algae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franceia is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Oocystaceae |
| Genus: | Franceia Lemmermann |
The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann in 1898.[1]
The genus name of Franceia is in honour of Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874-1943), who was an Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist as well as a natural and cultural philosopher and popularizer of science.[2]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
Species:
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