Picochlorum W.J.Henley & al., 2004, nom. illeg.

Holotype species: Picochlorum oklahomense Hironaka

Original publication and holotype designation: Henley, W.J., Hironaka, J.L., Guillou, L., Buchheim, M.A., Buchheim, J.A., Fawley, M.W. & Fawley, K.P. (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of the 'Nannochloris-like' algae and diagnoses of Picochlorum oklahomensis gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 43(6): 641-652, 15 figs, 1 table.

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Description: Cells green, spherical or oval, with a diameter of 1.5-3 microns, growing in moist soil or water, either saline or fresh. One nucleus, one mitochondrion, one lateral chloroplast, pyrenoid absent. Flagella absent. Chloroplast pigments include chlorophylls a, b. Reproduction by autosporulation, leading to two or more daughter cells. Sexual reproduction unknown. Analyses of 18S rRNA sequences show differences from those of other Trebouxiophyceae.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-10-25 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

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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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