Fritschiella Explained

Fritschiella is a genus of green algae, the only genus in the family Fritschiellaceae. There are two species F. tuberosa and a new freshwater species from China, F. aquatilis ^[1]

The genus name of Fritschiella is in honour of Felix Eugen Fritsch (1879–1954), who was a British biologist.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Mandeyam Osuri Parthasarathy Iyengar in New Phytol. Vol.31 on page 335 in 1932.

Accepted species

• Fritschiella tuberosa M.O.P.Iyengar
• Fritschiella aquatilis H.Su, J.Feng, J.Lv, Q.Liu, F.Nan & S.Xie, 2019

Notes and References

1. https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=171808 AlgaeBase: Fritschiella aquatilis
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 . January 27, 2022.