Heimansia is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae.

[1] The genus name of Heimansia is in honour of Jacobus Heimans (1889-1978), who was a Dutch botanist (Bryology and Algology) and was Curator of the Herbarium at the University of Amsterdam.

[2] The genus was circumscribed by Peter F. M. Coesel in Crypt.

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