Burkillia

This article is about the algal genus, Burkillia West & G.S.West 1908. For the defunct snail genus, Burkillia Iredale 1915, see Tragula. For the defunct legume genus, Burkillia H. N. Ridley 1925, see Burkilliodendron.

Burkillia is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorochytriaceae.^[2] The genus is monotypic; the sole species is Burkillia cornuta. Burkillia refers to Isaac Henry Burkill.

Burkillia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Chlorochytriaceae
Genus:	Burkillia West & G.S.West 1908 ('1907')
Species:	B. cornuta
Binomial name
Burkillia cornuta G.S.West & West 1907[1]