Delisea

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Delisea
Delisea japonica - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07636.JPG
Delisea japonica ( Delisea pulchra ) at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
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(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Bonnemaisoniales
Family: Bonnemaisoniaceae
Genus: Delisea
J. V. Lamouroux, 1819
Species

Delisea is a genus of red algae in the family Bonnemaisoniaceae.

The genus name of Delisea is in honour of French botanist and lichenologist Dominique François Delise (1780-1841). [1]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Dict. Sci. Nat. (F. Cuvier) Vol.13 on page 41 in 1819.

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References

  1. 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 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.