''Derbesia'' 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
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the family
Derbesiaceae
Derbesiaceae are a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales
Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. It is a diverse group of mostly marine macroalgae.
Characteristics
The thallus is filamentous, highly branc ...
.
The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger
sporophyte
A sporophyte () is one of the two alternation of generations, alternating multicellular organism, multicellular phases in the biological life cycle, life cycles of plants and algae. It is a diploid multicellular organism which produces asexual Spo ...
, ''Derbesia'', and its less conspicuous
gametophyte
A gametophyte () is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes. The gametophyte is the se ...
, ''Halicystis''. ''Derbesia'' was successfully cultured in the laboratories of
German phycologist Peter Kornmann to learn that both it and the plant ''Halicystis'' were different parts of the
life cycle of the same organism.
The genus name of ''Derbesia'' is in honour of Auguste Alphonse Derbès (1818–1894), French naturalist, zoologist and botanist,
Professor of Natural Sciences at the
University of Aix-Marseille.
List of species
* ''
Derbesia attenuata''
* ''
Derbesia boergesenii''
* ''
Derbesia corallicola''
* ''
Derbesia fastigiata''
* ''
Derbesia furcata''
* ''
Derbesia hollenbergii''
* ''
Derbesia indica''
* ''
Derbesia longifructa''
* ''
Derbesia marina''
* ''
Derbesia minima''
* ''
Derbesia novae-zelandiae''
* ''
Derbesia osterhoutii''
* ''
Derbesia pacifica''
* ''
Derbesia padinae''
* ''
Derbesia prolifica''
* ''
Derbesia rhizophora''
* ''
Derbesia sirenarum''
* ''
Derbesia tenuissima''
* ''
Derbesia turbinata''
* ''
Derbesia vaucheriaeformis''
References
Ulvophyceae genera
Bryopsidales
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