Nayalia
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| Nayalia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chaetophorales |
| Family: | Chaetophoraceae |
| Genus: | Nayalia P.C.Silva, 1959 |
| Species: | N. terrestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Nayalia terrestris (Nayal) P.C.Silva[1] | |
Nayalia is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae, containing the sole species Nayalia terrestris.[1]
The genus name of Nayalia is in honour of A.A. Nayal, who was an Egyptian botanist from the Department of Botany at Cairo University.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Taxon vol.8 on page 63 in 1959.
