Chlorolilaea Lortou & Gkelis, 2023

Holotype species: Chlorolilaea pamvotia (Lortou & Gkelis) Lortou & Gkelis

Original publication and holotype designation: Gkelis, S. (2023). Chlorolilaea, a replacement name for Lilaea Lortou & Gkelis nom. illeg. (Chlorophyta, Chlamydomonadales). Notulae Algarum 273: 1 only.

Description: Solitary vegetative cells spherical to irregular form, 7–16 µm in diameter with the ability to form cell aggregates without mucilage. Sometimes arranged in colonies of randomly distributed cells. Chloroplast cup-shaped to reticulate with eyespot and one or several pyrenoids surrounded by starch plates. Single nucleus or multiple nuclei directly before reproduction by aplanospores. Starch and plastoglobuli in chloroplasts and cytoplasmic oil bodies accumulate in aged cultures. Thylakoids in bundles of different sizes and thicknesses. Asexual reproduction by aplanospores and may have zoospores.

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-14 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.

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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. 14 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 May 2024