Taxonavigation

Familia: Delesseriaceae
Subfamilia: Delesserioideae
Tribus: Delesserieae
Genus: Delesseria

Species: D. aemula – D. appendiculata – D. caulescens – D. opuntioides – D. pontica – D. sanguinea – D. subtilis

Name

Delesseria J.V.Lamouroux, 1813, nom. cons.

• Type species: Lectotype: Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
• Type designated in Kützing, 1843.
• Named for Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773-1847), French industrialist, banker, philanthropist, and amaetur botanist.

References

• Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1813. Essai sur les genres de la famille des thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 20: 21–47, 115–139, 267–293, pls 7–13. BHL Reference page. : 122
• Kützing, F.T. 1843. Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. xxiv+458 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Delesseria. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 4 October 2017.

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