''Cutleria'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
brown algae
Brown algae (: alga) are a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class (biology), class Phaeophyceae. They include many seaweeds located in colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate ...
(class Phaeophyceae), one of 2–6 genera in the order
Cutleriales
Tilopteridales is an order of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae).
This order contains algae with different types of alternation of generation. For instance, ''Saccorhiza polyschides'' has a sporophyte with a kelp-like morphology while the gametoph ...
.
AlgaeBase
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History
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recognises 11 species in the genus.
The genus was described
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
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by
Robert Kaye Greville
Dr. Robert Kaye Greville FRSE FLS LLD (13 December 1794 – 4 June 1866) was an England, English mycologist, bryology, bryologist, and botanist. He was an accomplished artist and illustrator of natural history. In addition to art and scien ...
in Algae Brit. Vol.44 on page 59 in 1830.
The name of ''Cutleria'' is in honour of Catharine Cutler (who died 1866), an English botanist, who specialised in Marine Botany and worked in
Sidmouth
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 13,258 in 2021, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has ...
, Devon.
References
Brown algae
Brown algae genera
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