Scherffelia Explained

Scherffelia is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorodendraceae.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Adolf A. Pascher in Lotos vol.59 on page 341 in 1911.

The genus name of Scherffelia is in honour of Aladár Scherffel (1865–1938), who was a Hungarian botanist (Algology) and mycologist.^[2]

Species

As accepted by WoRMS;^[3]

• Scherffelia bichlora
• Scherffelia deformis
• Scherffelia dubia
• Scherffelia incisa
• Scherffelia pelagica
• Scherffelia phacus

Former Species;

• S. opisthostigma accepted as Scherffelia dubia
• S. ovata accepted as Scherffelia dubia

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Scherffelia. 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 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Scherffelia Pascher, 1911 . www.marinespecies.org . WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species . 17 October 2022.