Marvania Explained

Marvania is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae.^[1]

The genus name of Marvania is in honour of Petr Marvan (b.1929), who was a (b.1929) Czech / Czechoslovakian botanist (Algology, Mycology and Lichenology), Hydrobiologist who worked at the Water Research Institute.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by František Hindák in Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. vol.49 on page 268 in 1976.

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Marvania. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
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.