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Leniea
Scientific classification
Clade:	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.

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).

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

References

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.
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.

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