Dumontia (alga)

Dumontia
Dumontia contorta
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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.

  1. ^ a b "Dumontia J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.