Thamarapu Vedanta Desikachary, Indian phycologist (Tirupati, Chittoor District, andhra Pradesh State 18 September 1919 – Melbourne, Australia 05 November 2005)
DESCRIBED ALGAE GENERA
Bacillariophyceae
Neofragilaria 1987 with Prasad & Prema
Pinnulariosigma 1989 with Raja Rao & Sridharan
Spinodiscus 1986 with Ranjitha Devi
Chlorophyceae
Iyengariomonas 1965
Schilleriomonas 1976
Prasinophyceae
Mantoniella 1972
Papenfussiomonas 1972
Cyanophyceae
Camptylonemopsis 1948
Iyengariella 1953
Mastigocladopsis 1946 with Iyengar
Fossil Algae
Bukryella 1996 with Prema
Palaeonostoc 1972 with Sastri & Venkatachala
Quadrodiscus 1990 with Prema
Rossiella 1958 with Maheshwari
HONORS
Desikacharyella Subramanian 1984 (Rhodophyceae)
Desikaneis Prasad 1993 (Bacillariophyceae)
Desikacharya Saraf, Dawda & Singh 2019 (Bacteria)