Herpopteros Falkenberg, 1897

Holotype species: Herpopteros fallax Falkenberg

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: Thalli prostrate, dorsiventrally orientated, the axes often compressed; polysiphonous, with 6-9 pericentral cells, uncorticated. Axial segments producing laterals in series of three branchlets, two short, pinnately branched determinate laterals, one on each segment, produced laterally on opposite sides of axis, and a non-emergent trichoblast produced on the dorsal side of the third segment. Occasional pinnate laterals become indeterminate in growth. No appendages produced on the ventral side except irregularly spaced unicellular rhizoids, cut off from pericentrals. Procarps on second segment of trichoblasts borne on pinnae of lateral determinate branch. Spermatangial capitula unknown. Tetrasporangia in ultimate branchlets of laterals, one produced in each segment forming a straight dorsal row.

Information contributed by: R.E. Norris. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2011-01-05 by M.D. 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: Epiphytic on larger algae, endemic to southern Australia.

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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. 05 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024