Neosiphonia M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee, 1999: 272
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Polysiphonieae
Holotype species: Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee
Original publication and holotype designation:Kim, M.-S. & Lee, I.K. (1999). Neosiphonia flavimarina gen. et sp. nov. with a taxonomic reassessment of the genus Polysiphonia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 47: 271-281.
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Description: Plants solitary, epiphytic or saxicolous, polysiphonous; holdfasts of tightly clumped rhizoids cut off from basal pericentral or cortical cells; pericentral cells four to nine, ecorticate or corticate; branches mostly exogenous, some lateral branches cicatrigenous, sometimes arising in connection with trichoblast; trichoblasts moderately developed on apex of branchlets, one on each segment, spirally arranged, slender, elongate, simple or forked, deciduous, often leaving conspicuous scar-cells; procarps with three-celled carpogonial branch, cystocarps scattered on branchlets, not aggregated, narrow globose or ovate, very shortly pedicellate; spermatangial branches arising from one fork of trichoblast, cylindrical, sometimes with sterile tip; tetrasporangia tetrahedral, forming spiral series in upper branchlets
Numbers of names and species: There are 37 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 31 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Neosiphonia apiculata (Hollenberg) Masuda & Kogame C
Neosiphonia bajacali (Hollenberg) N.R.Mamoozadeh & D.W.Freshwater C
Neosiphonia beaudettei (Hollenberg) M.-S.Kim & I.A.Abbott C
Neosiphonia decumbens (T.Segi) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia eastwoodae (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Xiang Si-duan S
Neosiphonia echinata (Harvey) N.Mamoozadeh & D.W.Freshwater C
Neosiphonia elongata (Hudson) Xiang Si-duan S
Neosiphonia elongella (Harvey) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia ferulacea (Suhr ex J.Agardh) S.M.Guimarães & M.T.Fujii C
Neosiphonia flaccidissima (Hollenberg) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee S
Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C - type
Neosiphonia gorgoniae (Harvey) S.M.Guimarães & M.T.Fujii C
Neosiphonia harlandii (Harvey) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia harveyi (J.W.Bailey) M.-S.Kim, H.-G.Choi, Guiry & G.W.Saunders C
Neosiphonia harveyi var. arietina (Harvey) M.J.Wynne C
Neosiphonia hawaiiensis (Hollenberg) M.-S.Kim & I.A.Abbott C
Neosiphonia howei (Hollenberg) Skelton & G.R.South S
Neosiphonia japonica (Harvey) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia notoensis (Segi) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia peruviensis D.E.Bustamante, B.Y.Won, M.E.Ramirez & T.O.Cho C
Neosiphonia poko (Hollenberg) I.A.Abbott C
Neosiphonia polyphysa (Kützing) Skelton & G.R.South C
Neosiphonia porrecta (T.Segi) Y.-P.Lee C
Neosiphonia profunda (Hollenberg) M.-S.Kim & I.A.Abbott C
Neosiphonia rubrorhiza (Hollenberg) M.-S.Kim & I.A.Abbott C
Neosiphonia saccorhiza (F.S.Collins & Hervey) J.M.C.Nunes & S.M.Guimarães C
Neosiphonia savatieri (Hariot) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia sertularioides (Grateloup) K.W.Nam & P.J.Kang C
Neosiphonia simplex (Hollenberg) Y.-P.Lee C
Neosiphonia sparsa (Setchell) I.A.Abbott C
Neosiphonia sphaerocarpa (Børgesen) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia subtilissima (Montagne) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia tepida (Hollenberg) S.M.Guimarães & M.T.Fujii C
Neosiphonia teradomariensis (M.Noda) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Neosiphonia upolensis (Grunow) M.S.Kim & Boo C
Neosiphonia yendoi (Segi) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee C
Contributors
Some of the descriptions included in AlgaeBase were originally from the unpublished Encyclopedia of Algal Genera,
organised in the 1990s by Dr Bruce Parker on behalf of the Phycological Society of America (PSA)
and intended to be published in CD format.
These AlgaeBase descriptions are now being continually updated, and each current contributor is identified above.
The PSA and AlgaeBase warmly acknowledge the generosity of all past and present contributors and particularly the work of Dr Parker.
Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43060
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:7244
