Dumontia | |
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Dumontia contorta | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Dumontiaceae |
Genus: | Dumontia J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813 |
Dumontia is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Dumontiaceae.[1]
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia, Northern America and Australia.[1]
The genus name of Dumontia is in honour of Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758 – 1830), was a French zoologist.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 133 in 1813.