Streblocladia F.Schmitz, 1897
Holotype species: Streblocladia neglecta F.Schmitz
Currently accepted name for the type species: Streblocladia glomerulata (Montagne) Papenfuss
Original publication and holotype designation: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Request PDFDescription: Thalli comprised of prostrate and upright branch systems in which exogenous branches are borne unilaterally on cylindrical to slightly flattened axes. Prostrate axes have rhizoids cut off from pericentral cells, usually from a proximal position; prostrate and erect branch apices similar in structure, monopodial (Hommersand 1963) and having the first pericentral cell in a segment cut off opposite the side on which lateral branches are formed; trichoblasts mostly absent but may be formed with gametangia. Pericentral cells 4-18 in different species; usually uncorticated, some species with cortication. Branching often at long intervals and lateral branches may be of a size equal to the axis, giving a pseudodichotomous appearance. Axes sometimes becoming spirally twisted. Gametangial branches distal, on adaxial side of axes but sometimes in lateral to abaxial positions. Procarpial branch with a terminal trichoblast; cystocarps with short stalks. Spermatangial capitula borne on trichoblasts or replacing them; cylindrical and often with a sterile apical cell. Tetrasporangia borne singly in each segment, occurring in long straight series in distal ends of branches, often with falcate apices.
Information contributed by: R.E. Norris. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-07-18 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Phillips, L.[E.] (2009). The taxonomy of selected tribes and genera of the Rhodomelaceae. A molecular and anatomical appraisal of selected members of the red algal family Rhodomelaceae (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta). pp. i-xii, 1-486, 142 figs. Köln: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
Comments: Temperate to sub-tropical, known in New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Brazil, South Africa, Antarctic Islands including Tristan da Cunha, the Mediterranean and Brazil. Epiphytic or epilithic, intertidal or upper sublittoral.
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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. 18 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
