''Dumontia'' 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
Dumontiaceae
Dumontiaceae is a red alga family in the order Gigartinales.
Species in the British Isles, includes '' Dumontia contorta'' (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht.Irvine, L.M..1983. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles''. Volume 1 Rhodophyta. Part 2A. British Museum.
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The species of this genus are found in Eurasia, Northern America and Australia.
The genus name of ''Dumontia'' is in honour of
Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix
Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix (27 April 1758 – 8 January 1830) was a French zoologist.
A lawyer by trade, he was also an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist.Stresemann, p. 117 Between 1817 and 1818, he described a number of Ja ...
(1758 – 1830), was a French
zoologist
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux
Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (3 May 1779 – 26 March 1825) was a French biologist and naturalist, noted for his seminal work with algae.
Biography
Lamouroux was born in Agen in the Aquitaine of southwestern France, the son of Claude Lamouroux, ...
in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 133 in 1813.
Species
Known:
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Dumontia alaskana''
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Dumontia contorta''
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Dumontia simplex''
References
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Dumontiaceae
Red algae genera