Struveopsis
| Struveopsis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Boodleaceae |
| Genus: | Struveopsis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Struveopsis chagoensis Rhyne & H.Robinson, 1968 | |
Struveopsis is a genus of green algae in the family Boodleaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Willem ten Rhijne (Wilhelmus ten Rhyne) and Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia vol.17 (7) on pages 467-468 in 1968.
The genus name of Struveopsis is in honour of Gustav Adolph Struve (1811–1889), who was a German Apothecary and botanist. He was an apothecary in his hometown of Dresden.