''Gomontia'' 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
Gomontiaceae
Gomontiaceae is a family 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 ...
.
The genus name of ''Gomontia'' is in honour of
Maurice-Augustin Gomont (1839 - 1909), who was a French
phycologist.
The genus was
circumscribed by
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet and
Charles Henri Marie Flahault in J. Bot. (Morot) vol.2 on page 164 in 1888.
References
Ulvophyceae genera
Ulotrichales
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
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