Lemanea ramosa S.L.Xie & Z.X.Shi 2004

Publication Details
Lemanea ramosa S.L.Xie & Z.X.Shi 2004: 884, figs 4-7

Published in: Xie, S.-L., Shi, Z.-X. & Wang, R.-N. (2004). Taxonomy of the Lemaneaceae (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in China. Acta Botanica Sinica 46(8): 883-888.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lemanea is Lemanea corallina Bory.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Type locality: Fuzhou, Fujian, China; (Xie, Shi & Wang 2004: 884) Holotype: "incognito"; Dec. 10, 1964; HBI; FK138 (Xie, Shi & Wang 2004: 886)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), branched, bearing branches (usually many) (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Plant is small, densely caespitose, 1-3 cm long, attenuated upwards, and with no obvious stalk at the base; branches are dense, especially at the upper parts. Nodes may be obvious, 0.12-0.45 mm in diameter and internodes are 0.10- 0.25 mm in diameter. Carposporangia are large and elliptical being 80-100 µm in length, 25-60 µm in diameter and single. Spermatangia are in patches, sometimes in imperfect rings with 6-8 per node, sometimes in imperfect rings.

Created: 18 February 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 April 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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