Franceia
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| Franceia | |
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| Franceia droescheri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Oocystaceae |
| Genus: | Franceia Lemmermann |
| Type species | |
| Franceia ovalis (Francé) Lemmermann[1] | |
Franceia is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.[1] The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann in 1898.[1] The genus name of Franceia is in honour of Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874-1943), who was an Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist as well as a natural and cultural philosopher and popularizer of science.[2] The genus is found in freshwater plankton and has a cosmopolitan distribution,[3] but the species are rare and poorly known,[4] and many require revision.[5]