Lophothamnion J.Agardh, 1892

Holotype species: Lophothamnion comatum J.Agardh

Currently accepted name for the type species: Pleonosporium hirtum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Laing

Original publication and holotype designation: Agardh, J.G. (1892). Analecta algologica. Lunds Universitets ÅrsSkrift, Andra Afdelningen, Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar 28(6): 1-182, 3 pls.

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Description: Thallus erect to several cm, alternately branched, densely corticated with rhizoids.Procarp, carposporophyte and spermatangia unrecorded. Polysporangia on upper part of thallus.

Information kindly contributed by E.M. Wollaston but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pleonosporium.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Saunders, G.W. (2024). Australasian Lophothamnion J.Agardh aligns genetically with Pleonosporium Nägeli (Wrangeliaceae, Spongoclonieae): new species from the western Atlantic. Cryptogamie, Algologie 45(1): [1-10).

Comments: Poorly known genus from 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. 31 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 April 2024