Françoise Ardré (1931–2010) was a French phycologist and

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, honoured as the namesake of the

red alga 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 ...

known as ''Pterosiphonia ardreana''. Christine A. Maggs & Max H. Hommersand (1993) ''Seaweeds of the British Isles: a collaborative project of the British Phycological Society and the Natural History Museum''; Vol. 1, Part 3A Rhodophyta. Ceramiales. London: HMSO After gaining a Doctorate in Sciences, Ardré was in charge of the phycology department of the

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. She also conducted research programs in Portugal, in Spain (

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) and in France (

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), among another locations. Skilled at holding her breath and diving without a wetsuit in the cold water of the ocean, she personally collected the specimens she was studying. Her most well known published literary work is ''Contribution à l'étude des Algues Marines du

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I: La Flore'' (English: Contribution to the Study of the Marine Algas of Portugal I: Flora).

Bibliography

Some of her works: *''Contribution à l'étude des Algues Marines du

'' (publisher Cino del Duca),

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). *''Observations sur quelques espèces du genre Centroceras ( Ceramiaceae,

Rhodophyta Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 genera amidst ongoing taxonomic revisions. ...

)'' 1987. *''Observations nouvelles sur la morphologie et la repartition géographique de trois ceramiales: Ceramium cinnabarinum, Mesothamnion caribaeum et Ctenosiphonia hypneoides''. In collaboration with Ir. Hardy-Halos and L. Saldanha, 1982.

Other

Portraits of Françoise Ardré were painted, inspiring painters such as

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and Pierre Béchon.

References

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