''Skvortzoviothrix'' is a

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green algae The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...

, in the family

Chaetophoraceae Chaetophoraceae is a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chaetophorales. Members of the family are variously semi-terrestrial to aquatic in habitat, and consist of branched filaments in two parts, a prostrate system of filaments ...

. , the only species is ''Skvortzoviothrix terrestris''. The genus was first

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by Boris V. Skvortzov in 1959 under the name ''Chlorodendron''. Boris Vassilievich Skvortzov (1896–1980) was a Polish-Russian-Brazilian

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(Algology and Mycology), and teacher. He also worked as a researcher in

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, China. However, the name was

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, as it was published for a different group of algae earlier in 1900. A

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of ''Skvortzoviothrix'' was given by Pierre Paul Charles Bourrelly in Algues d'Eau Douce ed. 2, vol.1 on page 546 in 1972.

References

Chaetophorales genera Chaetophoraceae Monotypic algae genera {{Chlorophyceae-stub