Dudresnaya is a genus of red algae.[2]

Dudresnaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Dumontiaceae
Genus: Dudresnaya
P.Crouan & H.Crouan[1]

The genus name of Dudresnaya is in honour of Guy-Ambroise Dudresnay (1770 - 1837), a French soldier interested in Botany and correspondent with Bonnemaison.[3][4]

The genus was circumscribed by Théophile Bonnemaison in J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Vol.94 on page 180 in 1822.

Taxonomy

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Dudresnaya contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Dudresnaya". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Genus Dudresnaya". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Thomas, Guillaume Sallah. "L'alguier de Du Dresnay". L'alguier d'Agathe de Gourcuff (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2022.