Lambia
Genus of algae
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Lambia is a genus of green algae in the family Bryopsidaceae.[1]
| Lambia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Family: | Bryopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Lambia Delépine, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| Lambia antarctica (Skottsberg) Delépine, 1967 | |
| Species[1] | |
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The genus name of Lambia is in honour of Elke Mackenzie (1911–1990), born as Ivan Mackenzie Lamb, who was a British polar explorer and botanist who specialised in the field of lichenology.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by René Delépine in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. ser.D, vol.264 on pages 1410 and 1413 in 1967.
