Mougeotiopsis

Mougeotiopsis
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
Order:	Zygnematales
Family:	Zygnemataceae
Genus:	Mougeotiopsis
Species:	M. calospora
Binomial name
Mougeotiopsis calospora Palla, 1894
Synonyms
MesogerronF.Brand, 1899 [1]

Mougeotiopsis is a monotypic genus of algae belonging to the family Zygnemataceae. ^[2] It only contains one known species, Mougeotiopsis calosporaPalla ^{[2] [1]}

The genus name of Mougeotiopsis is in honour of Jean-Baptiste Mougeot (1776–1858), who was a French physician and botanist. ^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Eduard Palla in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. vol.12 n pages 228, 234-235 in 1894.

References

1. "Mougeotiopsis Palla, 1894". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. "Mougeotiopsis Palla, 1894 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
3. 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.