Heimansia Explained

Heimansia is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae.^[1]

The genus name of Heimansia is in honour of Jacobus Heimans (1889-1978), who was a Dutch botanist (Bryology and Algology) and was Curator of the Herbarium at the University of Amsterdam.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Peter F. M. Coesel in Crypt. Algol. vol.14 on page 107 in 1993.

External links

• • AlgaTerra database
• Index Nominum Genericorum

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Heimansia. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. 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 . January 27, 2022.