Phyllophora Greville, 1830, nom. et typ. cons.

Holotype species: Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville

Publication details: Greville, 1830: lvi, 135

Currently accepted name for the type species: Phyllophora crispa (Hudson) P.S.Dixon

Original publication and holotype designation: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Description: Frons cartilaginea vel membranacea, plana, rubra, obscure vel obsolete costal a, e disco prolifera. Fructus : 1 . capsulae, semina minuta, rotundata, includentes ; 2. granula simplicia in receptaculis planis foliaceis. [Frons cartilaginous or membranous, flat, red, obscurely or obsoletely costal, from the disc proliferate. Fruit: 1. capsules, containing small, rounded seeds; 2. simple granules in flat, foliaceous receptacles.]

Information contributed by: Original description and G.T. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-04-24 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: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Comments: The iota carrageenans of the genus have been studied by McCandless et al. (1981) and Usov and Shashkov (1985). The genera Ozophora, Petroglossum and Phyllophora appear to be very closely related, and were all treated as belonging to Phyllophora by Kylin (1956). Abbott (1969) and Hollenberg (1943, 1945) distinguish Ozophora on the basis of its constant restriction of male and female structures to adventitious outgrowths, and Petroglossum by the restriction of its spermatangia to the major axes. Additional differences between the genera are discussed by Schneider and Searles (1976). Distribution: Most species occur in the north Atlantic of Europe and America, with others distributed in the north Pacific. Antarctic species are recorded (Neushul 1968) but are less well known.

Nomenclatural note
Type has been conserved as Phyllophora rubens sensu Greville, 1830. - (23 January 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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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. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025