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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Genus: | Alvikia Shin Watan. & L.A.Lewis 2017 [1] |
| Species: | A. littoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alvikia littoralis (Chihara, Nakayama & Inouye) Shin Watanabe & L.A.Lewis, 2017
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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]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Alvikia littoralis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ^ "Alvikia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ 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.