Leniea

Leniea is a genus of Antarctic marine red alga.[1][2]

Leniea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Kallymeniaceae
Genus: Leniea
R.L. Moe, 2009
Species
  • Leniea lubrica R.L. Moe, 2009
  • Leniea kylinii (Baardseth) G.W.Saunders, 2017

The genus name of Leniea is in honour of Pieter J. Lenie (1923-2015) (Belgian-) American (captain of the American Antarctic research ship RV Hero).[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Richard Lee Moe in Bot. Mar. vol.52 on page 523 in 2009.[4]


References
  1. Hommersand, Max H.; Moe, Richard L.; Amsler, Charles D.; Fredericq, Suzanne (2009). "Notes on the systematics and biogeographical relationships of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Rhodophyta with descriptions of four new genera and five new species". Botanica Marina. 52 (6). doi:10.1515/BOT.2009.081. ISSN 1437-4323.
  2. "Leniea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. "Leniea R.L.Moe, 2009". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.


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