Delisea

Delisea
Delisea japonica (Delisea pulchra) at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: CAM
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Bonnemaisoniales
Family: Bonnemaisoniaceae
Genus:
J. V. Lamouroux, 1819
Species
  • Delisea compressa Levring 1955
  • Delisea elegans J. V. Lamouroux 1819
  • Delisea flaccida (Suhr) Papenfuss 1940
  • Delisea hypneoides Harvey, 1859
  • Delisea plumosa Levring 1955
  • Delisea pulchra (Greville) Montagne 1844

Delisea is a genus of red algae in the family Bonnemaisoniaceae.

The genus name of Delisea is in honour of French botanist and lichenologist Dominique François Delise (1780-1841).[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Dict. Sci. Nat. (F. Cuvier) Vol.13 on page 41 in 1819.

References

  1. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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