Bremia (protist)

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Bremia
IJssla wit (Iceberg with Bremia lactucae).jpg
Iceberg lettuce infected with Bremia lactucae
Scientific classification e
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Peronosporaceae
Genus: Bremia
Regel
Genera

Bremia is a genus of water moulds in the family Peronosporaceae.

The genus name of Bremia is in honour of Johann Jakob Bremi (1791 - 1857), a Swiss 'Kunsthandwerker' (artist wood turner) and entomologist from Zürich.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Eduard August von Regel in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) Vol.1 on page 665 in 1843.

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
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