Tellamia

Tellamia is a monotypic genus of green algae, in the family Kornmanniaceae.[1] It has only one known species, Tellamia contorta Batters, 1895[2]

Tellamia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulvales
Family: Kornmanniaceae
Genus: Tellamia
Batters, 1895
Synonyms

Tellamia intricata Batters, 1895

The genus was circumscribed by Edward Arthur Lionel Batters in Ann. Bot. (London) vol.9 on page 169 in 1895.

The genus name of Tellamia is in honour of Richard Vercoe Tellam (1826–1908), who was an English botanist, farmer and lay preacher.[3]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tellamia Batters, 1895". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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