Muellerena F.Schmitz, 1897

Holotype species: Muellerena wattsii (Harvey) F.Schmitz

Original publication and holotype designation: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

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Description: Thallus of terete sparingly-branched axes with alternate laterals, often with shorter branch opposite or between longer branches. Each axial cell with whorl of 5 branchlets or 3 branchlets and 1 longer lateral branch, each branchlet consisting of several successive di- or tri-chotomous whorls and terminal hairs. Axes densely corticated with branched intertwined rhizoids. Gland cells on outer cells of branchlets. Procarps on 2-celled fertile branch on basal or second cell of branchlet, carpogonial branch 4-celled, auxiliary cell, cut off from supporting cell, forming pit-connection with axial cell and developing carposporophyte with rounded groups of carposporangia and involucral filaments. Spermatangia not recorded. Tetrasporangia on outer cells of branchlets, tetrahedrally-divided.Thallus of terete sparingly-branched axes with alternate laterals, often with shorter branch opposite or between longer branches. Each axial cell with whorl of 5 branchlets or 3 branchlets and 1 longer lateral branch, each branchlet consisting of several successive di- or tri-chotomous whorls and terminal hairs. Axes densely corticated with branched intertwined rhizoids. Gland cells on outer cells of branchlets. Procarps on 2-celled fertile branch on basal or second cell of branchlet, carpogonial branch 4-celled, auxiliary cell, cut off from supporting cell, forming pit-connection with axial cell and developing carposporophyte with rounded groups of carposporangia and involucral filaments. Spermatangia not recorded. Tetrasporangia on outer cells of branchlets, tetrahedrally-divided.

Information contributed by: E.M. Wollaston. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2011-06-17 by Wendy Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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: Known only from southern Australian coasts.

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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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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024