Alvikia

Alvikia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Genus: Alvikia
Shin Watan. & L.A.Lewis 2017 [1]
Species:
A. littoralis
Binomial name
Alvikia littoralis
(Chihara, Nakayama & Inouye) Shin Watanabe & L.A.Lewis, 2017
Synonyms
  • Chlorococcum littorale Chihara, Nakayama & Inouye[2]

Alvikia is a monotypic genus of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. Its taxonomy is uncertain. It only contains the known species of Alvikia littoralis.[2][3]

The genus and species were circumscribed by Shin Watanabe and Louise A. Lewis in Phycologia vol.56 (3) on pages 329-353 in 2017.[2]

The genus name of Alvikia is in honour of Gunnar Ålvik (fl. 1934-1951), who was a Norwegian botanist (Algology) and Professor of plant physiology. He conducted research in 1936 at the University of Göttingen and later at the University of Oslo. In 1951 he received help from the Rockefeller Foundation for the building of a laboratory and greenhouse space for his department of Plant-physiology.[4]

  1. ^ Watanabe, S.; Lewis, L. A. (2017). Phylogenetic interpretation of light and electron microscopic features of selected members of the phylogroup Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae), with new generic taxonomy. Phycologia. 56(3): 329-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/16-64.1
  2. ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Alvikia littoralis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  3. ^ "Alvikia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.