Lembergia Saenger, 1971
Holotype species: Lembergia allanii (Lindauer) Saenger
Original publication and holotype designation: Saenger, P., Ducker, S.C. & Rowan, K.S. (1971). Two species of Ceramiales from Australia and New Zealand. Phycologia 10: 105-111.
Request PDFDescription: Thallus a branched upright blade, up to 20 cm long, attached by a discoid holdfast. Branches flattened, up to 7 mm broad; formed exogenously from cortical cells at blade margins. Trichoblasts absent, apical cell exposed or in a shallow pit. Pericentral cells 4, each forming two flanking cells from each of which develops a row of alae cells. Each row of alae cells adhere laterally to the other rows, resulting in bilateral alae. Cortication sparse. Reproductive cells formed on branch surface; cystocarps adaxial, one per branch. Male capitula small flattened bladelets, spermatangia developing on all lateral cells on both faces of blade. Bladelet having a central row of sterile cells, a sterile tip and 2-3 rows of marginal sterile cells. Procarps formed on adaxial pericentral cells, a single cystocarp present on each fertile branchlet; pericarp developing after fertilization. Tetrasporangial stichidia with 5 pericentrals in the apex; tetrasporangia formed on 2nd and 3rd pericentrals forming two longitudinal rows.
Information contributed by: R.E. Norris. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-07 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.
Comments: Northern New Zealand, rare.
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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
