Boodlea

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Boodlea
Boodlea composita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Boodleaceae
Genus: Boodlea
G.Murray & De Toni
Species

Boodlea is a genus of green algae in the family Boodleaceae.[1]

Etymology[edit]

Boodlea was named after the British botanist and public servant Leonard Alfred Boodle in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. vol.25 on pages 243-245 in 1889.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Boodlea". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  2. ^ 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.