Biology:Loefgrenia anomala

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Loefgrenia anomala
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Nostocales
Family: Hapalosiphonaceae
Genus: Loefgrenia
Gomont in Wittrock et al., 1896
Species:
L. anomala
Binomial name
Loefgrenia anomala
Gomont, 1896

Loefgrenia is a monospecific, freshwater, epiphytic genus of nonheterocystic cyanobacteria known from Brazil .[1]

The type and only known species for the genus is Loefgrenia anomala.

The genus name of Loefgrenia is in honour of Johan Albert Constantin Löfgren (1854–1918), known as Albert Löfgren or Alberto Löfgren, was head of the botany department of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden around 1905.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Maurice Augustin Gomont in Alg. Aq. Dulc. Exsicc. on page 1350 in 1896.

References

  1. "Loefgrenia". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/3216058. 
  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. 

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Loefgrenia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=43584.  Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry