''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.
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:
* ''
Hantzschia amphioxys''
* ''
Hantzschia spectabilis''
* ''
Hantzschia virgata''
References
Bacillariales
Diatom genera
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