Struveopsis

<i>Struveopsis</i>

Struveopsis

Genus of algae

Struveopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Boodleaceae.[2]

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The genus was circumscribed by Willem ten Rhijne (Wilhelmus ten Rhyne) and Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia vol.17 (7) on pages 467-468 in 1968.

The genus name of Struveopsis is in honour of Gustav Adolph Struve (1811–1889), who was a German Apothecary and botanist. He was an apothecary in his hometown of Dresden.[3]

Species

  • Struveopsis chagoensis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968
  • Struveopsis covalamensis (Iyengar) P.C.Silva, 1996
  • Struveopsis siamensis (Egerod) P.C.Silva, 1996
  • Struveopsis sp. SF-7-6-94-1-14

Struveopsis robusta (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968 is now a synonym of Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Leliaert & Wysor, 2008

References

  1. [1]
    Rhyne, Charles F.; Robinson, Harold (1968). "Struveopsis, a new genus of green algae". Phytologia. 17: 467–472.
  2. [2]
    Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Struveopsis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  3. [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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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