Draparnaldiopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae.[1]

Draparnaldiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetophorales
Family: Chaetophoraceae
Genus: Draparnaldiopsis
G.M. Smith & Klyver, 1929
Type species
Draparnaldiopsis alpinis
Species[1]

The genus name of Draparnaldiopsis is in honour of Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (1772–1804), who was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Gilbert Morgan Smith and Frederick Detlev Klyver in Trans. Amer. Microscop. Soc. Vol.48 on page 200 in 1929.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Draparnaldiopsis taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  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.