Austroclonium Min-Thein & Womersley, 1976
Holotype species: Austroclonium charoides (Harvey) Min-Thein & Womersley
Original publication and holotype designation: Min-Thein, U. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1976). Studies on southern Australian taxa of Solieriaceae, Rhabdoniaceae and Rhodophyllidaceae (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 24: 1-166, 69 figs.
Request PDFDescription: Plants reach 15 cm in length, are erect from a discoid holdfast, and are segmented and subverticillately branched. The medulla is broad and contains a prominent axial filament (each cell of which bears 2 periaxial cells) and rhizoidal filaments. The cortex is thin, only 1-2 layered, with large inner cells and small surface cells that form rosettes. Gametophytes are dioecious. Fusion cells are lateral to the central axial filament. Cystocarps are ostiolate, the pericarps surrounding the gonimoblast with an inner loose filamentous sheath, and swell the branches.
Information contributed by: G.T. Kraft. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2009-09-12 by Stephen Cusack.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIA - Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). pp. [1]-508, 167 figs, 4 pls, 4 maps. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Comments: Distribution: Endemic to southern Australia, where it grows subtidally.
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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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Stephen Cusack in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 September 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
