Franceia Explained

Franceia is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.^[1]

The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann in 1898.

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:

• Franceia armata
• Franceia droescheri

Notes and References

1. Web site: Franceia Lemmermann, 1898 :: Algaebase . www.algaebase.org . 22 January 2021.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Franceia Lemmermann, 1898 . www.gbif.org . 22 January 2021 . en.