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Collenia

Algae

Taxonomy
Collenia was named by Walcott (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Collenia undosa.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970); and to Algae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
C. compacta, C. undosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Collenia Walcott
1970Collenia Andrews
1976Collenia Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
genusColleniaWalcott 1914

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Collenia Walcott 1914
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Collenia compacta Viswanathiah and Gowda 1970
Collenia undosa Walcott 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available