Pithophora

Pithophora roettleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cladophorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Ulvophyceae Ordo: Cladophorales

Familia: Pithophoraceae
Genus: Pithophora

Species: P. inaequalis – P. roettleri

Name

Pithophora Wittrock, 1877: 48

• Type species (Lectotype): Pithophora kewensis Wittrock = Pithophora roettleri (Roth) Wittrock

Type designated in Boedeker et al., 2012.

References

Primary references

• Wittrock, V.B. 1877. On the development and systematic arrangement of the Pithophoraceae, a new order of algae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis Ser. 3, extra ordinem (Editum 1877, Art 19): 1–80, VI plates. BHL Reference page. 
• Boedeker, C., O'Kelly, C.J., Star, W. & Leliaert, F. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Aegagropila clade (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae), including the description of Aegagropilopsis gen. nov. and Pseudocladophora gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 48(3): 808–825. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01145.x PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. Pithophora. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2020-01-07.

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