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Maurice-Augustin Gomont (born 1839, in
Maurice-Augustin Gomont (born 1839, in Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
– died 1909, in Rouen) was a French phycologist.
Works
* Gomont, M (1892). "Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 7 (16).Honours
* ''Gomontia
''Gomontia'' is a genus of green algae, 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 Prasinodermo ...
'', which is a genus of green algae, 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 ...
and also Gomontiellaceae
The Gomontiellaceae are a family of cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria ( ) are a group of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" () refers to their bluish gree ...
, which is a family of cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria ( ) are a group of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" () refers to their bluish green (cyan) color, which forms the basis of cyanobacteri ...
, were both named in 1888 by botanists Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828, Guérigny – December 18, 1911, Paris) was a French botanist.
Life
Bornet studied medicine in Paris, and in 1886 became a member of the French Académie des sciences. With Gustave Thuret, he wa ...
and Charles Henri Marie Flahault after Maurice Gomont.
* ''Gomontiellaceae
The Gomontiellaceae are a family of cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria ( ) are a group of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" () refers to their bluish gree ...
'' are a family of cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria ( ) are a group of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" () refers to their bluish green (cyan) color, which forms the basis of cyanobacteri ...
, with ''Gomontiella'', a species named in 1901.
References
Further reading
* 1839 births 1909 deaths Scientists from Rouen French phycologists {{France-botanist-stub