Bremia (protist)
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| Iceberg lettuce infected with Bremia lactucae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Clade: | Pseudofungi |
| Class: | Oomycetes |
| Order: | Peronosporales |
| Family: | Peronosporaceae |
| Genus: | Regel |
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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
- ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.