Delisea

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

Delisea
Delisea japonica (Delisea pulchra) at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Bonnemaisoniales
Family: Bonnemaisoniaceae
Genus: Delisea
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

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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