''Scherffelia'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
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in the family
Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was
circumscribed by
Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), who was a Hungarian
botanist
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(Algology) and
mycologist
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.
Species
As accepted by
WoRMS
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Content
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;
* ''
Scherffelia bichlora''
* ''
Scherffelia deformis''
* ''
Scherffelia dubia''
* ''
Scherffelia incisa''
* ''
Scherffelia pelagica''
* ''
Scherffelia phacus
''Scherffelia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.
The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Adolf Pascher, Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.
The genus name of ''Scherffelia'' is in ho ...
''
Former Species;
* ''S. opisthostigma'' accepted as ''Scherffelia dubia''
* ''S. ovata'' accepted as ''Scherffelia dubia''
References
Chlorophyta genera
Chlorodendrophyceae
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