''Bonnemaisonia'' is a genus of
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest Phylum, phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 Genus, genera amidst ongoing taxon ...
belonging to the family
Bonnemaisoniaceae
Bonnemaisoniaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bonnemaisoniales
Bonnemaisoniales is an order of red algae in the class Florideophyceae.
It includes 2 families;
* Bonnemaisoniaceae - 25 spp.
* Naccariaceae - 7 spp.
The order has c ...
.
The genus name of ''Bonnemaisonia'' is in honour of Théophile Bonnemaison (1774–1829), a French pharmacist, botanist and naturalist from
Quimper
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Administration
Quimper is the ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
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.
Species:
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Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
''Bonnemaisonia asparagoides'' is a species of red alga in the family
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Bonnemaisonia clavata''
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Bonnemaisonia geniculata''
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Bonnemaisonia hamifera''
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Bonnemaisonia nootkana''
References
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Bonnemaisoniaceae
Red algae genera