Bibliographic Detail
Chankaew, W., Peerapornpisal, Y., Kumano, S. & Ngamriabsakul, C., 2013
Reference:
Chankaew, W., Peerapornpisal, Y., Kumano, S. & Ngamriabsakul, C. (2013). A new species of Batrachospermum, B. khaoluangensis Chankaew, Peerapornpisal et Kumano, sp. nov. (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) from Thailand. Chiang Mai Journal of Science 40: 1-10.
Notes:
In this study, Batrachospermum khaoluangensis Chankaew, Peerapornpisal et
Kumano is described as a new species from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, near Khao
Luang National Park, southern part of Thailand. It is characterized by this unique suite
of characters: carpogonium-bearing branches twisted; carpogonia more or less
asymmetrical; trichogyne elongated-obconically or obovately or almost cylindrical,
indistinctly or distinctly stalked: gonimoblast filaments loosely aggregated, radially
branched, determinate filaments and defused indeterminate filaments creeping along
cortical filaments: carposporangia spherical, egg-shaped, large, 10-14 m in diameter,
16-20 m long. According to phylogenetic data (unpublished) Batrachospermum
khaoluangensis is far removed from genus Sirodotia, and the sections Contorta and
Turfosa of genus Batrachospermum. This new species appeared to be close to species of
Batrachospermum section Virescentia.
