Detonula is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Thalassiosiraceae.[1]

Detonula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Thalassiosirales
Family: Thalassiosiraceae
Genus: Detonula
F.Schütt ex De Toni, 1894

The genus name of Detonula is in honour of Giovanni Battista de Toni (1864–1924), who was an Italian botanist, mycologist and phycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Franz Schütt ex Giovanni Battista De Toni in Syll. Algarum Vol.2 on page 1425 in 1894.

Species edit

As of 2021;:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Detonula F.Schütt ex De Toni, 1894 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.