Bremia | |
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Iceberg lettuce infected with Bremia lactucae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Peronosporales |
Family: | Peronosporaceae |
Genus: | Bremia 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.