Pavlova (alga) explained
Pavlova is a genus of algae belonging to the family Pavlovaceae.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
The genus name of Pavlova is in honour of Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa (1881–1931), who was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. This is because "the movement of the type species, Pavlova gyrans, is positively balletic".[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Roger William Butcher in J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. vol.31 on page 183, fig. 35-38 in 1952.
Species
As accepted by Algaebase;
- Pavlova calceolata
- Pavlova ennorea
- Pavlova granifera
- Pavlova gyrans
- Pavlova helicata
- Pavlova hommersandii
- Pavlova lutheri
- Pavlova mesolychnon
- Pavlova noctivaga
- Pavlova pinguis
- Pavlova salina
- Pavlova virescens
- Pavlova viridis
Notes and References
- Web site: Pavlova Butcher, 1952 :: Algaebase . www.algaebase.org . 20 October 2021.
- Web site: Pavlova Butcher, 1952 . www.gbif.org . 20 October 2021 . en.
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.