Struveopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Boodleaceae.[2]

Struveopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Boodleaceae
Genus: Struveopsis
Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968[1]
Type species
Struveopsis chagoensis
Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Willem ten Rhijne (Wilhelmus ten Rhyne) and Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia vol.17 (7) on pages 467-468 in 1968.

The genus name of Struveopsis is in honour of Gustav Adolph Struve (1811–1889), who was a German Apothecary and botanist. He was an apothecary in his hometown of Dresden.[3]

Species edit

Struveopsis robusta (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968 is now a synonym of Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Leliaert & Wysor, 2008

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rhyne, Charles F.; Robinson, Harold (1968). "Struveopsis, a new genus of green algae". Phytologia. 17: 467–472.
  2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Struveopsis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.