Leniea

Species of alga

Leniea

Scientific classification
(unranked):  | Archaeplastida
Division:  | Rhodophyta
Class:  | Florideophyceae
Order:  | Gigartinales
Family:  | Kallymeniaceae
Genus:  | Leniea
R.L. Moe, 2009
Species

* Leniea lubrica R.L. Moe, 2009
* Leniea kylinii (Baardseth) G.W.Saunders, 2017

Leniea is a genus of Antarctic marine red alga.[1][2]

The genus name of Leniea is in honour of Pieter J. Lenie (1923-2015) (Belgian-) American (captain of the American Antarctic research ship RV Hero).[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Richard Lee Moe in Bot. Mar. vol.52 on page 523 in 2009.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hommersand, Max H.; Moe, Richard L.; Amsler, Charles D.; Fredericq, Suzanne (2009). "Notes on the systematics and biogeographical relationships of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Rhodophyta with descriptions of four new genera and five new species". Botanica Marina. 52 (6). doi:10.1515/BOT.2009.081. ISSN 1437-4323.
2. ^ "Leniea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
4. ^ "Leniea R.L.Moe, 2009". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

Taxon identifiers

Leniea|

* Wikidata: Q23844135
* Wikispecies: Leniea
* AlgaeBase: 50919
* BOLD: 755004
* GBIF: 6784833
* IRMNG: 1467237
* NCBI: 1789646
* Open Tree of Life: 5155327
* WoRMS: 603188

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