Phaseolaria Printz, 1921

Holotype species: Phaseolaria obliqua Printz

Original publication and holotype designation: Printz, H. (1921). Subaërial algae from South Africa. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1920(1): 1-41, pls I-XIV.

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Description: Solitary cells or crowded together in loose aggregates. Cells spherical to oval to bean shaped, in P. obliqua 8-12 x 3-5 &m. Cell walls thin, clear or finely granular but without thickenings. Chloroplast parietal, nearly covering the entire face of the cell, without pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by zoospores; released by tear in sporangial wall. Zoospores with stigma. Sexual reproduction unknown. Phaseolaria aerial, epiphytic on tree bark or on damp calcareous walls; P. obliqua from South Africa and P. variabilis from Europe. Genus poorly described and of uncertain taxonomic status.

Information contributed by: D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2012-07-02 by Michael Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Bourrelly, P. (1990). Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome I: Les Algues vertes. pp. 1-572. Paris: Société Nouvelle des Éditions Boubée.

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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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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 July 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024