Cutleria is a genus of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae), one of 2–6 genera in the order Cutleriales. AlgaeBase recognises 11 species in the genus.[1][2]

Cutleria
Cutleria multifida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Tilopteridales
Family: Cutleriaceae
Genus: Cutleria
Greville

The genus was described circumscribed by Robert Kaye Greville in Algae Brit. Vol.44 on page 59 in 1830. The name of Cutleria is in honour of Catharine Cutler (who died 1866), an English botanist, who specialised in Marine Botany and worked in Sidmouth, Devon.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lee, R.E. (2008). "21. Heterokontophyta § Cutleriales". Phycology (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-1-139-46987-6.
  2. ^ Guiry, MD; GM Guiry (2006). "AlgaeBase version 4.2". National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.