Paul Claude Silva

Paul Silva
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Known for	systematics of algae
Scientific career
Fields	phycology
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	George F. Papenfuss

Paul Claude Silva (October 31, 1922 – June 12, 2014) was a phycologist, marine biologist, and algal taxonomist considered to be the world's leading expert in the Chlorophyte green algal genus, Codium. Silva was also an expert in botanical nomenclature and was an editor of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature's Eighth through Sixteenth International Botanical Congresses. "P.C.Silva" is the standard form to use when citing him as the authority for a botanical name.

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