Compsothamnionella Itono, 1977

Holotype species: Compsothamnionella japonica (Itono) Itono

Currently accepted name for the type species: Pleonosporium japonicum Itono

Original publication and holotype designation: Itono, H. (1977). Studies on the ceramiaceous algae (Rhodophyta) from southern parts of Japan. Bibliotheca Phycologica 35: 1-499, 72 figs.

Description: Differs mainly in reproductive features from Compsothamnion Nägeli and several other genera presently placed in Compsothamnieae. Procarps borne subterminally on fertile branches with a single auxiliary cell produced from one of 2 pericentral cells (2 auxillary cells and 3 pericentral cells in Compsothamnion). Carposporophyte with successive groups of carposporangia surrounded by curved filaments from axial cells below. Spermatangial clusters and tetrahedrally-divided, pedicillate tetrasporangia similar to those in Compsothamnion.

Information kindly contributed by E.M. Wollaston but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pleonosporium.

Comments: Known only from Japan and southern Australia. Relationships of taxa within Compsothamnieae require further investigation.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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