{{Short description|Genus of algae}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Skvortzoviothrix terrestris | parent_authority = Bourrelly<ref name=AB_g47474/> | authority = (Skvortsov) P.Bourrelly<ref name=AB_g47474/> }} '''''Skvortzoviothrix''''' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chaetophoraceae. {{As of|2022|February}}, the only species is '''''Skvortzoviothrix terrestris'''''.<ref name=AB_g47474>{{AlgaeBase genus|name=Skvortzoviothrix|id=47474|access-date=2022-02-26}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> However, the name was illegitimate,<ref>{{AlgaeBase genus | id=47575 | title=''Chlorodendron'' Skvortsov, 1959, nom. illeg. | access-date=2025-03-09 }}</ref> as it was published for a different group of algae earlier in 1900.<ref>{{AlgaeBase genus | id=47574 | title=''Chlorodendron'' Senn, 1900 | access-date=2025-03-09 }}</ref> 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.
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Category:Chaetophorales genera Category:Chaetophoraceae Category:Monotypic algae genera
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