Biology:Dumontia (alga)

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Short description: Genus of algae

Dumontia
Dumontia contorta Crouan.jpg
Dumontia contorta
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Dumontiaceae
Genus: Dumontia
J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813

Dumontia is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Dumontiaceae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia, Northern America and Australia.[1]

The genus name of Dumontia is in honour of Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758 – 1830), was a French zoologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 133 in 1813.

Species

Known:[1]

  • Dumontia alaskana
  • Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht
  • Dumontia simplex A.D.Cotton, 1906

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dumontia J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2667057. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q28432858 entry