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Bracteacoccus
Sign in to saveBracteacoccus is a genus of green algae, the sole genus of the family Bracteacoccaceae. It is a terrestrial alga commonly found in soils, from the tropics to the poles.
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It sits within the topics Sphaeropleales and Sphaeropleales genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderSphaeropleales
- FamilyBracteacoccaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Bracteacoccaceae
- Collections
- IPA/SP, UCONN, UTEX
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Czech Republic, Mexico, United States, Israel, Switzerland
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- Genera
- References
Bracteacoccus is a genus of green algae, the sole genus of the family Bracteacoccaceae. It is a terrestrial alga commonly found in soils, from the tropics to the poles.
==History== Bracteacoccus was described by E. Tereg in 1922, based on the species Bracteacoccus aggregatus. The name comes from the Latin term bractea, meaning a thin metal plate, and Greek kokkos, meaning berry. Later it was synonymized with the genus Dictyococcus, until Richard C. Starr reestablished the genus.
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