Derbesia
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. 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.
The genus name of Derbesia is in honour of Auguste Alphonse Derbès (1818–1894), French naturalist, zoologist and botanist,
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Derbesia marina
speciesDerbesia marina
Derbesia tenuissima
speciesDerbesia tenuissima
Derbesia novae-zelandiae
speciesDerbesia novae-zelandiae
Derbesia vaucheriaeformis
speciesDerbesia vaucheriaeformis
Derbesia fastigiata
speciesDerbesia fastigiata
Derbesia hollenbergii
speciesDerbesia hollenbergii
Derbesia prolifica
speciesDerbesia prolifica
Derbesia osterhoutii
speciesDerbesia osterhoutii
Derbesia indica
speciesDerbesia indica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 339077.