Gomontia
Genus of algae
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Gomontia is a genus of green algae, in the family Gomontiaceae.[1]
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| Gomontia | |
|---|---|
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| Gomontia polyrhiza | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulotrichales |
| Family: | Gomontiaceae |
| Genus: | Gomontia Bornet & Flahault, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Gomontia polyrhiza (Lagerheim) Bornet & Flahault | |
| Species[1] | |
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The genus name of Gomontia is in honour of Maurice-Augustin Gomont (1839 - 1909), who was a French phycologist.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet and Charles Henri Marie Flahault in J. Bot. (Morot) vol.2 on page 164 in 1888.
