Struveopsis

Struveopsis
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Cladophorales
Family:	Boodleaceae
Genus:	Struveopsis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968[1]
Type species
Struveopsis chagoensis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968[1]

Struveopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Boodleaceae.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Willem ten Rhijne (Wilhelmus ten Rhyne) and Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia vol.17 (7) on pages 467-468 in 1968.

The genus name of Struveopsis is in honour of Gustav Adolph Struve (1811–1889), who was a German Apothecary and botanist. He was an apothecary in his hometown of Dresden.[3]

Species

• Struveopsis chagoensis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968
• Struveopsis covalamensis (Iyengar) P.C.Silva, 1996
• Struveopsis siamensis (Egerod) P.C.Silva, 1996
• Struveopsis sp. SF-7-6-94-1-14

Struveopsis robusta (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968 is now a synonym of Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Leliaert & Wysor, 2008

References

1. Rhyne, Charles F.; Robinson, Harold (1968). "Struveopsis, a new genus of green algae". Phytologia. 17: 467–472.
2. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Struveopsis". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
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.