Lemanea crassa S.L.Xie & Z.X.Shi 2004
Publication Details
Lemanea crassa S.L.Xie & Z.X.Shi 2004: 884, figs 1-4
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.
Request PDFType 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: Jinyutan, Tongliang, Chongqing, China; (Xie, Shi & Wang 2004: 884) Holotype: Zhu Haoran; Feb. 5, 1946; HBI; (Xie, Shi & Wang 2004: 884)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), thick (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Plant is rigid, 9-13 cm long, attenuated
upwards and narrowed downwards at the base into a long
stalk, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 0.5-0.7 mm in diameter; unbranched;
nodes are inflated, 1.5-3.0 mm in diameter and internodes
are 0.8-1.2 mm in diameter. Carposporangia are large, cylindrical-
obovate, elliptical or dumbbell-shaped, single, 90-
120 µm long, 50-80 µm in diameter. Spermatangia are in
patches, 5- 6 per node, obviously prominent.
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 05 January 2025
