Vanvoorstia Harvey, 1854

Holotype species: Vanvoorstia spectabilis Harvey

Original publication and holotype designation: Harvey, W.H. (1854). Short characters of three new algae from the shores of Ceylon. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 143-145, pls V, VI.

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Description: Thallus with decumbent net-like blades, the apices interlinked to form a mesh; second- and higher-order blade apices arising at an oblique angle from one surface of an undivided primary blade or from cells of a lower branch order, thus contacting and joining cells of the same or a previously formed branch order. Spermatangia not seen. Cystocarps on midribs of upper blade portions that are free from other blades; carposporangia terminal. Tetrasporangia in younger blades of the network [after Abbott (1999)].

Information contributed by: J.M.Husiman & S.-M.Lin (2018). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-10-08 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. 08 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 December 2024