Leniea information

Leniea
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Gigartinales
Family:	Kallymeniaceae
Genus:	Leniea; R.L. Moe, 2009
Species
	Leniea lubrica R.L. Moe, 2009; Leniea kylinii (Baardseth) G.W.Saunders, 2017;

Leniea is a genus of Antarctic marine red alga.^[1]^[2]

The genus name of Leniea is in honour of Pieter J. Lenie (1923-2015) (Belgian-) American (captain of the American Antarctic research ship RV Hero).^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Richard Lee Moe in Bot. Mar. vol.52 on page 523 in 2009.^[4]

^ Hommersand, Max H.; Moe, Richard L.; Amsler, Charles D.; Fredericq, Suzanne (2009). "Notes on the systematics and biogeographical relationships of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Rhodophyta with descriptions of four new genera and five new species". Botanica Marina. 52 (6). doi:10.1515/BOT.2009.081. ISSN 1437-4323.
^ "Leniea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Leniea R.L.Moe, 2009". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[HommersandMoe2009-1] Hommersand, Max H.; Moe, Richard L.; Amsler, Charles D.; Fredericq, Suzanne (2009). "Notes on the systematics and biogeographical relationships of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Rhodophyta with descriptions of four new genera and five new species". Botanica Marina. 52 (6). doi:10.1515/BOT.2009.081. ISSN 1437-4323.

[WoRMS-2] "Leniea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[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.

[4] "Leniea R.L.Moe, 2009". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.