Leptosiphonia Kylin, 1956

Holotype species: Leptosiphonia schousboei (Thuret) Kylin

Original publication and holotype designation: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Description: Polysiphonous thalli, proximally prostrate, but not forming a truly dorsiventral orientation, with ascending branch ends. Radially oriented cylindrical branches with branched trichoblasts on most distal segments in 1/4 spiral. (4-) 8-17 pericentral cells with some proximal cortication usually present. Polysiphonous branches borne on basal cells of trichoblast. Reproductive structures distal on unspecialized branches. Cystocarps ovoid, ostiolate and on short stalks. Male capitula cylindrical, replacing trichoblasts on branch tips. Tetrasporangia two per segment, in two rows on diametrally opposite sides of branch.

Information contributed by: Amended by Savoie & Saunders (2019: 12) with addition of pericentral numbers fide Alicia Boraso.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-06-11 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: Díaz-Tapia, P., Maggs, C.A., West, J.A. & Verbruggen, H. (2017). Analysis of chloroplast genomes and a supermatrix inform reclassification of the Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 53(5): 920-937, 2 figs.

Comments: Amended description (Savoie & Saunders, 2019: 12). Leptosiphonia is identical to some Polysiphonia species except for the production of 2 tetrasporangia per fertile segment.

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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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