Biology:Gomontia

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Short description: Genus of algae

Gomontia
Gomontia polyrhiza (Lagerh.) Bornet and Flahault (AM AK327908).jpg
Gomontia polyrhiza
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulotrichales
Family: Gomontiaceae
Genus: Gomontia
Bornet & Flahault, 1888
Type species
Gomontia polyrhiza
(Lagerheim) Bornet & Flahault
Species[1]
  • Gomontia aegagropila
  • Gomontia archiza
  • Gomontia arhiza
  • Gomontia arrhiza
  • Gomontia codiolifera
  • Gomontia lignicola
  • Gomontia polyrhiza
  • Gomontia rupicola

Gomontia is a genus of green algae, in the family Gomontiaceae.[1]

The genus name of Gomontia is in honour of Maurice-Augustin Gomont (1839 - 1909), who was a French phycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet and Charles Henri Marie Flahault in J. Bot. (Morot) vol.2 on page 164 in 1888.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Gomontia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. 2007. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=8022. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
  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. 

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