Delesseria

Delesseria is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Delesseriaceae.[1]

Delesseria
Delesseria sanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Delesseriaceae
Genus: Delesseria
J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

The genus name of Delesseria is in honour of Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847), who was a French banker and naturalist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 122 in 1813.

Known species

As of May 2021;[1]

  • Delesseria baeri Ruprecht
  • Delesseria crozetii Levring, 1944
  • Delesseria decipiens
  • Delesseria imbricata Areschoug
  • Delesseria montagnei Kjellman
  • Delesseria ocellata (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux
  • Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux

References

  1. "Delesseria J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. 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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