''Chalmasia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the family
Polyphysaceae
The Polyphysaceae is a taxonomic family of green algae, one of three families in the order Dasycladales
Dasycladales is an order of large unicellular green algae in the class Ulvophyceae. It contains two families, the Dasycladaceae and the ...
.
The genus name of ''Chalmasia'' is in honour of
Ernest Charles Philippe Auguste Munier-Chalmas (1843–1903), who was a French
geologist
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach, more precisely Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (23 December 1842 in Laubach, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 24 November 1915 in Strasbourg) was a German botanist.
Life
Count Solms-Laubach st ...
in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. ser.2, vol.5 on pages 2, 9, 32 and 34 in 1895.
References
External links
Ulvophyceae genera
Dasycladales
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