Chalmasia is a genus of green algae in the family Polyphysaceae.[2]

Chalmasia
Chalmasia antillana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: UTC clade
Order: Dasycladales
Family: Polyphysaceae
Genus: Chalmasia
Solms-Laubach, 1895[1]
Species

The genus name of Chalmasia is in honour of Ernest Charles Philippe Auguste Munier-Chalmas (1843–1903), who was a French geologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Hermann zu Solms-Laubach in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. ser.2, vol.5 on pages 2, 9, 32 and 34 in 1895.

References

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  1. ^ "Chalmasia Solms-Laubach, 1895". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Chalmasia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.