Hantzschia is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Bacillariaceae.[1]

Hantzschia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Bacillariales
Family: Bacillariaceae
Genus: Hantzschia
Grunow

The genus was first described by Albert Grunow in 1877.[1]

The genus name of Hantzschia is in honour of Carl August Hantzsch (1825 - 1886), who was a German botanist (Algology).[2]

Species:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Hantzschia Grunow, 1877, nom. et typ. cons. :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.