Phragmope Athanasiadis, 2020

Holotype species: Phragmope discrepans (Foslie) Athanasiadis

Original publication and holotype designation: Athanasiadis, A. (2020). Phragmope discrepans, gen. & comb. nov. (Mesophyllaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta), the species known as 'Mesophyllum engelhartii' from South Africa. Marine Biology Research 16: [1-18] 532-549, 8 figs, 1 table.

Description: New monotypic genus of Mesophyll[um]aceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) differing from other members of the family in undergoing regeneration of the terminal (hypothallial) meristem, in developing cell bars in canals of multiporate roofs and in producing a second compact, imperforate roof covering empty multiporate conceptacles.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-02-24 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: Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. (2024). Anatomy and classification of the Mesophyllaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), based on phylogenetic principles. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 118: [i]-xii, [1]-216, 83 figures, 6 tables.

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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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