Hazenia
Genus of algae
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Hazenia is a genus of green algae, the only genus in the family Hazeniaceae.[1]
Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Ulvophyceae
Order:Ulotrichales
Family:Hazeniaceae
Škaloud & Leliaert, 2018[1]
Škaloud & Leliaert, 2018[1]
| Hazenia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulotrichales |
| Family: | Hazeniaceae Škaloud & Leliaert, 2018[1] |
| Genus: | Hazenia H.C. Bold, 1958 |
| Type species | |
| Hazenia mirabilis H.C. Bold, 1958 | |
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The genus name of Hazenia is in honour of Tracy Elliot Hazen (1874–1943), who was an American botanist and author specializing in the study of fresh water sourced algae.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Harold Charles Bold in Amer. J. Bot. vol.45 on page 742 in 1958.[4]
