Skvortzoviothrix

Skvortzoviothrix is a genus of green algae, in the family Chaetophoraceae. As of February 2022^[update], the only species is Skvortzoviothrix terrestris.^[1]

Skvortzoviothrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chaetophorales
Family:	Chaetophoraceae
Genus:	Skvortzoviothrix Bourrelly[1]
Species:	S. terrestris
Binomial name
Skvortzoviothrix terrestris (Skvortsov) P.Bourrelly[1]

The genus was first circumscribed by Boris V. Skvortzov in 1959 under the name Chlorodendron. Boris Vassilievich Skvortzov (1896–1980) was a Polish-Russian-Brazilian botanist (Algology and Mycology), and teacher. He also worked as a researcher in Harbin, China.^[2] However, the name was illegitimate,^[3] as it was published for a different group of algae earlier in 1900.^[4] A replacement name of Skvortzoviothrix was given by Pierre Paul Charles Bourrelly in Algues d'Eau Douce ed. 2, vol.1 on page 546 in 1972.