Apjohnia

Apjohnia is a genus of green algae in the family Siphonocladaceae.[1]

Apjohnia
Scientific classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Siphonocladaceae
Genus: Apjohnia
Harvey
Species
  • Apjohnia laetevirens

The genus name of Apjohnia is in honour of Anne Apjohn, the wife of James Apjohn (1796–1886), the Irish chemist.[2]

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Apjohnia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  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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