Pterosiphonia Falkenberg, 1897

Holotype species: Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) 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 with compressed erect axes arising from a terete basal system; polysiphonous with 5(–6) pericentral cells; pericentral cells usually obscured by cortication (one to several layers); branching alternate and distichous, proximal segments of laterals congenitally fused with the bearing axis over 2–8 segments; vegetative trichoblasts lacking; prostrate system attached to the substrate by unicellular rhizoids. Tetrasporangia tetrahedral, developing in straight series near the apex, one per segment. Gametophytes dioecious, cystocarps or spermatangial branches developing subapically on laterals; spermantangial branches cylindro-conical, either lacking sterile apical cells or with 1(–3) sterile apical cells; cystocarps globular.

Information contributed by: A.M.Savoie & G.W.Saunders. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2016-10-08 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2016). A molecular phylogenetic and DNA barcode assessment of the tribe Pterosiphonieae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) emphasizing the Northeast Pacific. Botany 94: 917-939, 8 figs.

Comments: Occurring on rocks or as epiphytes, littoral to subtidal, in temperate to tropical regions in widespread localities in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans.

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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. 08 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024