Hoefkenia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Batrachospermales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Eurhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Nemaliophycidae Ordo: Batrachospermales

Familia: Batrachospermaceae
Genus: Hoefkenia
Species: H. hunsrueckensis

Name

Hoefkenia Eb.Fischer, Killmann, Leh, K.Müller & D.Quandt, 2024: 7

• Type species: Hoefkenia hunsrueckensis Eb.Fischer, Killmann, Leh, K.Müller & D.Quandt
• Etymology: named after Ulrike Höfken, former Minister of Environment, Energy, Nutrition and Forests of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate for her initiative to gazette Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park as the first National Park of Rhineland- Palatinate in 2015, and for her continuous and enthusiastic support of this Park.

References

Primary references

• Fischer, E., Killmann, D., Gerlach, J., Schütte, C., Leh, B., Müller, K. & Quandt, D. 2024. Hoefkenia hunsrueckensis, a new genus and species from Europe, and the identity of Virescentia vogesiaca (F.W.Schultz ex Skuja) Necchi, D.C.Agostinho & M.L.Vis (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Diversity 16(473): 1–16. DOI: 10.3390/d16080473 Reference page.