Lambia

Lambia is a genus of green algae in the family Bryopsidaceae.[1]

Lambia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Bryopsidaceae
Genus: Lambia
Delépine, 1967
Type species
Lambia antarctica
(Skottsberg) Delépine, 1967
Species[1]
  • Lambia antarctica

The genus name of Lambia is in honour of Elke Mackenzie (1911–1990), born as Ivan Mackenzie Lamb, who was a British polar explorer and botanist who specialised in the field of lichenology.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by René Delépine in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. ser.D, vol.264 on pages 1410 and 1413 in 1967.

References

  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Lambia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
  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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