Genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Lemanea is a genus of freshwater red algae, in the order Batrachospermales. Both species are considered to be widespread in the northern hemisphere. Although placed in the Rhodophyta it in fact is green in colour.
Petter Adolf Karsten was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology".
Gustav Lindau, was a German mycologist and botanist.
Matudaea is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae.
Kirchneriella is a genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae.
Ernst Johann Lemmermann was a German botanist who specialized in the field of phycology.
Claudea is a marine red alga genus.
Giovanni Battista de Toni was an Italian botanist, mycologist and phycologist.
Heinrich Klebahn was a German mycologist and phytopathologist.
Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme was a Swedish botanist.
Entwisleia is a genus in the red algae family, Entwisleiaceae. There is just one species in this genus, Entwisleia bella, from southeastern Tasmania and represents both a new family and a new order in the Nemaliophycidae.
Fischerella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Hapalosiphonaceae.
Franceia is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.
Geitlerinema is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Coleofasciculaceae.
Hantzschia is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.
Kofoidinium is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family Kofoidiniaceae. It only contains one known species,
Detonula is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Thalassiosiraceae.
Lemmermanniella is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Synechococcaceae.
Lemonniera is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Discinellaceae.
