Kornmannia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Ulvales |
Family: | Kornmanniaceae |
Genus: | Kornmannia Bliding |
Species | |
Kornmannia is a genus of green algae in the family Kornmanniaceae. [1]
The genus name of Kornmannia is in honour of Peter Kornmann (1907-1993), who was a German botanist (Algology), who worked in the Biological Station on Helgoland. [2]
The genus was circumscribed by Carl Vilhelm Bliding in Bot. Not. vol.121 on pages 610-615 in 1969.