Struveopsis
Genus of algae
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Struveopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Boodleaceae.[2]
| Struveopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| 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
- Struveopsis chagoensis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968
- Struveopsis covalamensis (Iyengar) P.C.Silva, 1996
- Struveopsis siamensis (Egerod) P.C.Silva, 1996
- Struveopsis sp. SF-7-6-94-1-14
Struveopsis robusta (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968 is now a synonym of Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Leliaert & Wysor, 2008
