Derbesia Explained

Derbesia is a genus of green algae in the family Derbesiaceae. The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger sporophyte, Derbesia, and its less conspicuous gametophyte, Halicystis.^[1] Derbesia was successfully cultured in the laboratories of German phycologist Peter Kornmann to learn that both it and the plant Halicystis were different parts of the life cycle of the same organism.^[2]

The genus name of Derbesia is in honour of Auguste Alphonse Derbès (1818–1894), French naturalist, zoologist and botanist,Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Aix-Marseille.^[3]

List of species

• Derbesia attenuata
• Derbesia boergesenii
• Derbesia corallicola
• Derbesia fastigiata
• Derbesia furcata
• Derbesia hollenbergii
• Derbesia indica
• Derbesia longifructa
• Derbesia marina
• Derbesia minima
• Derbesia novae-zelandiae
• Derbesia osterhoutii
• Derbesia pacifica
• Derbesia padinae
• Derbesia prolifica
• Derbesia rhizophora
• Derbesia sirenarum
• Derbesia tenuissima
• Derbesia turbinata
• Derbesia vaucheriaeformis

Notes and References

1. Book: Hoek, C. van den . Mann, D. G. . Jahns, Hans Martin . Algae: An Introduction to Phycology . 1995 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 978-0-521-31687-3 . 429.
2. Book: Langstroth, Lovell . Newberry, Andrew Todd . Langstroth, Libby . Newberry, Todd . A Living Bay: The Underwater World of Monterey Bay . 2000 . University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium . Berkeley, Calif. . 978-0-520-22149-9 . 35 .
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.