Koliella Explained

Koliella is a genus of green algae in the order Prasiolales.^{[1] [2]}

The genus name of Koliella is in honour of Erszébet (Elizabet) Kol (1897-1980), who was a Hungarian botanist (Mycology and Algology), who worked at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by František Hindák in Nova Hedwigia vol.6 (issues 1/2) on page 99 in 1963.

Notes and References

1. Katana . A. . Kwiatowski, J. . Spalik, K. . Zakryś, B. . Szalacha, E. . Szymańska, H. . 2001 . Phylogenetic position of Koliella (Chlorophyta) as inferred from nuclear and chloroplast small subunit rDNA . Journal of Phycology . 37 . 3 . 443–451 . 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037003443.x. 84445729 .
2. See the taxonomy in the UniProt web https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/153503
3. 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.