Caloglossa (Harvey) G.Martens, 1869, nom. cons.

Holotype species: Caloglossa leprieurii (Montagne) G.Martens

Original publication and holotype designation: Martens, G. von (1869). Beiträge zur Algen-Flora Indiens. Flora 52: 233-238.

Description: Thallus prostrate, membranous, regularly subdichotomously branched. Axes slightly to markedly constricted at the nodes, attached by rhizoids arising from the midrib at the nodes; adventitious branches common, arising from the midrib. Structure uniaxial, with a prominent midrib and lateral blades 1 cell thick, growth leading by exogenous branching pattern, in which each apical cell cuts off two oblique subapical cells before cutting off lateral pericentral cells; lateral veins absent; only some cells of second-order cell rows producing third-order rows; apical cells of all cell rows reaching the margin of the thallus; intercalary divisions absent. Spermatangia in sori on terminal and subterminal segments, on both surfaces of the blade, covering the whole of the blade with the exception of the marginal cells, some lateral cells and all transverse pericentral cells. Procarps and cystocarps sessile, forming on the midrib. Tetrasporangia in sori on alae on both sides of the midrib, forming in series on the adaxial surface of secondary cell rows, the bearing cell producing cover cells transversely, tetrahedrally divided.

Information contributed by: J.M.Husiman & S.-M.Lin (2018) [after Schneider & Searles (1991: 405–406); King & Puttock (1994)].. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-12-15 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: Wynne, M.J. (2014 '2013'). The red algal families Delesseriaceae and Sarcomeniaceae. pp. [1]-326, 118 figs. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.

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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. 15 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 December 2024