''Derbesia'' is a
genus
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of
green algae
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in the family
Derbesiaceae.
The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger
sporophyte
A sporophyte () is the diploid multicellular stage in the life cycle of a plant or alga which produces asexual spores. This stage alternates with a multicellular haploid gametophyte phase.
Life cycle
The sporophyte develops from the zygote pr ...
, ''Derbesia'', and its less conspicuous
gametophyte
A gametophyte () is one of the two alternation of generations, alternating multicellular organism, multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has on ...
, ''Halicystis''. ''Derbesia'' was successfully cultured in the laboratories of
German
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phycologist Peter Kornmann
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to learn that both it and the plant ''Halicystis'' were different parts of the
life cycle
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of the same organism.
The genus name of ''Derbesia'' is in honour of Auguste Alphonse Derbès (1818-1894), French naturalist, zoologist and botanist,
Professor of Natural Sciences at the
University of Aix-Marseille
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.
List of species
* ''
Derbesia attenuata
''Derbesia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Derbesiaceae. The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger sporophyte, ''Derbesia'', and its less conspicuous gametophyte, ''Halicystis''. ''Derbesia'' was success ...
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* ''
Derbesia boergesenii''
* ''
Derbesia corallicola''
* ''
Derbesia fastigiata''
* ''
Derbesia furcata''
* ''
Derbesia hollenbergii
''Derbesia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Derbesiaceae. The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger sporophyte, ''Derbesia'', and its less conspicuous gametophyte, ''Halicystis''. ''Derbesia'' was successf ...
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* ''
Derbesia indica''
* ''
Derbesia longifructa''
* ''
Derbesia marina''
* ''
Derbesia minima''
* ''
Derbesia novae-zelandiae''
* ''
Derbesia osterhoutii''
* ''
Derbesia pacifica''
* ''
Derbesia padinae''
* ''
Derbesia prolifica''
* ''
Derbesia rhizophora''
* ''
Derbesia sirenarum''
* ''
Derbesia tenuissima''
* ''
Derbesia turbinata''
* ''
Derbesia vaucheriaeformis''
References
External links
Ulvophyceae genera
Bryopsidales
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