''Bonnemaisonia'' is a genus of
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...
belonging to the family
Bonnemaisoniaceae
Bonnemaisoniaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bonnemaisoniales.
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Red algae families
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The genus name of ''Bonnemaisonia'' is in honour of Théophile Bonnemaison (1774–1829), a French pharmacist, botanist and naturalist from
Quimper.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
''Bonnemaisonia asparagoides'' is a species of red alga in the family Bonnemaisoniaceae
Bonnemaisoniaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bonnemaisoniales.
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Red algae families
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Bonnemaisonia clavata''
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Bonnemaisonia geniculata''
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Bonnemaisonia hamifera''
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Bonnemaisonia nootkana''
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Bonnemaisoniaceae
Red algae genera