''Geppella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ( Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alg ...
in the family
Codiaceae
Codiaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales.
Genera
* † '' Abacella'' Maslov
* '' Appeninocodium'' O.Dragastan
* '' Arabicodium'' G.F.Elliott
* '' Bevocastria'' E.J.Garwood
* '' Botryella'' V.P.Shuysky
* '' Boueina'' F ...
.
The genus name of ''Geppella'' is in honour of Anthony Gepp (1862 - 1955), who was a British botanist (Algology, Bryology and Pteridology) and
cryptogam
A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds. The name ''Cryptogamae'' () means "hidden reproduction", referring to the fact ...
researcher.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
by
Frederik Christian Emil Børgesen in Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Biol. Medd. Vol.15 (Issue 4) on page 55 in 1940.
References
External links
Ulvophyceae genera
Bryopsidales
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