Derbesia

Derbesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Bryopsidophyceae
Order:	Bryopsidales
Family:	Derbesiaceae
Genus:	Derbesia Solier, 1846
Type species
Derbesia marina (Lyngbye) Solier, 1846
Species
About 20, see text

About 20, see text

Derbesia is a genus of green algae, specifically of the 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.

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