Petalonia Derbès & Solier, 1850, nom. cons.
Holotype species: Petalonia debilis (Kützing) Derbès & Solier
Currently accepted name for the type species: Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze
Original publication and holotype designation: Derbès, [A.A.] & Solier, [A.J.J.] (1850). Sur les organes reproducteurs des algues. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Troisième série 14: 261-282, pls 32-37.
Request PDFDescription: Thalli erect, gregarious, leaf-like, compressed, generally flattened, linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate; entire, generally unbranched, old thalli sometimes perforated or torn at the apical portion; hollow to partially hollow to solid. Medulla typically interspersed with rhizoidal filaments. Plurangia occurs extensively throughout the thallus, sometimes in sori; generally biseriate, closely packed, covered with cuticle; paraphysis (ascocyst) may be present. Prostrate sporophytic thalli Stragularia-like, only bear unangia.
Information contributed by: "Expanded description" by Santiañez (2018). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-08-12 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: Santiañez, W.J.E. (2018). Taxonomic and molecular phylogenetic studies in the Scytosiphonaceae (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae) Dissertation. pp. [1]-120. Sapporo: Department of Natural History Sciences Graduate School of Science Hokkaido University.
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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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