Phyllosiphon

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Phyllosiphon
Illustration of "Phyllosiphon arisari": A, leaf of "Arisarum vulgare" showing the infection ; B, algal branches in the petiole ; C, part of algal thallus with aplanospores ; D, aplanospores
Illustration of : A, leaf of Arisarum vulgare showing the infection ; B, algal branches in the petiole ; C, part of algal thallus with aplanospores ; D, aplanospores
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order:
Family:
Genus: Phyllosiphon
J.G.Kühn, 1878[1]
Type species

Species[2]

Phyllosiphon is a genus of parasitic green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Kühn, J.G. (1878). Ueber eine neue parasitische Alge Phyllosiphon Arisari welche die Laubblaetter einer terrestrischen Pflanze ganz in derselben Weise befaellt, wie dies von parasitischen Pilzen bekannt ist. Sitzungsberichten der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 1878: 25-26?.
  2. ^ M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43818 ; searched on 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ Round, F. E. (1981). The Ecology of Algae. London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 398-400, [1].

Further reading[]

  • Aboal M. & Werner, O. (2011). Morphology, fine structure, life cycle and phylogenetic analysis of Phyllosiphon arisari, a siphonous parasitic green alga. European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 181–192.


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