Himanthalia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἱμάς (himás) + ἅλς (háls)[1] + -ia.
Proper noun edit
Himanthalia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Himanthaliaceae – thongweed, a brown alga.
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Himanthalia elongata - sole species
References edit
- ^ Hans Christian Lyngbye (1819) “Himanthalia”, in Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae; […], Copenhagen: […] Schultzianis, […], footnote, page 36: “Ex ἱμάς, άντος, lorum, et ἅλς.”