''Dangemannia'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
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in the family
Oltmannsiellopsidaceae.
The genus name of ''Dangemannia'' is in honour of
Pierre Jean Louis Dangeard (1895–1970), who was a French botanist and
Peter Kornmann
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* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
(1907–1993), a German botanist.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Thomas Friedl and
Charles J. O'Kelly in Eur. J. Phycol. Vol.37 on page 382 in 2002.
References
External links
Ulvophyceae genera
Oltmannsiellopsidales
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