Apjohnia
| Apjohnia | |
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| Apjohnia laetevirens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Siphonocladaceae |
| Genus: | Harvey |
Apjohnia is a genus of green algae in the family Siphonocladaceae.[1]
The genus name of Apjohnia is in honour of Anne Apjohn, the wife of James Apjohn (1796–1886), the Irish chemist.[2]
Species
- Apjohnia laetevirens Harvey, 1855
- Apjohnia scoparia (Kützing) Valet, 1997
Former species;
- A. rugulosa (G.Martens) G.Murray, 1891 now accepted as synonym of Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing, 1843
- A. tropica P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1865 accepted as synonym of Siphonocladus tropicus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) J.Agardh, 1887
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Apjohnia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Apjohnia Harvey, 1855". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 December 2022.