''Hantzschia'' is a genus of
diatoms
A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma'') is any member of a large group comprising several Genus, genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Living diatoms make up a significant portion of Earth's B ...
belonging to the family
Bacillariaceae
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms, the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as '' Nitzchia'' are found in halophilic environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.
Genera
T ...
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The genus was
first described by
Albert Grunow
Albert Grunow (3 November 1826, Berlin – 17 March 1914, Berndorf, Lower Austria) was a German-Austrian chemist and phycologist. He specialized in the study of diatoms.
From 1851 he worked as a chemist in a metal works factory in Berndorf. I ...
in 1877.
The genus name of ''Hantzschia'' is in honour of Carl August Hantzsch (1825 - 1886), who was a German botanist (Algology).
Species:
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Hantzschia amphioxys
''Hantzschia amphioxys'' is a species of diatom belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.
It has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of ...
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Hantzschia spectabilis
''Hantzschia'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.
The genus was first described by Albert Grunow in 1877.
The genus name of ''Hantzschia'' is in honour of Carl August Hantzsch (1825 - 1886), who was a German botanist ...
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Hantzschia virgata
''Hantzschia'' is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.
The genus was first described by Albert Grunow
Albert Grunow (3 November 1826, Berlin – 17 March 1914, Berndorf, Lower Austria) was a German-Austrian chemist a ...
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References
Bacillariales
Diatom genera
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