Derbesia is a genusofgreen algae in the family Derbesiaceae.[1] The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger sporophyte, Derbesia, and its less conspicuous gametophyte, Halicystis.[2]Derbesia was successfully cultured in the laboratories of GermanphycologistPeter Kornmann to learn that both it and the plant Halicystis were different parts of the life cycle of the same organism.[3]
The genus name of Derbesia is in honour of Auguste Alphonse Derbès (1818-1894), French naturalist, zoologist and botanist,
Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Aix-Marseille.[4]
^ abGuiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Derbesia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
^Hoek, C. van den; Mann, D. G.; Jahns, Hans Martin (1995). Algae: An Introduction to Phycology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 429. ISBN978-0-521-31687-3.
