Chaetophora (Chaetophoraceae)

Chaetophora lobata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chaetophorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Chlorophyceae Ordo: Chaetophorales

Familia: Chaetophoraceae
Genus: Chaetophora

Species: C. dilatata – C. draparnaldioides – C. flagellifera – C. indica – C. lobata – C. punctiformis – C. tuberculosa

Name

Chaetophora Schrank, 1783: 124

• Type species (lectotype): Chaetophora lobata Schrank
• Type designated in Caisová et al., 2011: 170.

Synonyms

• Rivularia Roth, 1797: 212, nom. rejic. (in favour of Rivularia C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault, 1886, nom. cons.)
  • Type species: Rivularia cornu-damae Roth

Homonyms

• Chaetophora Brid. (1819[1818]), nom. illeg. = replaced by Calyptrochaeta Desv. (Daltoniaceae)
• Chaetophora Nutt. ex DC. (1836), nom. inval. = synonym of Chaetopappa DC. (Asteraceae)

References

Primary references

• Schrank, F. von P. 1783. Botanische Rhapsodien. Der Naturforscher 19: 116–126. Online Reference page. 
• Caisová, L., Marin, B., Sausen, N., Pröschold, T. & Melkonian, M. 2011. Polyphyly of Chaetophora and Stigeoclonium within the Chaetophorales (Chlorophyceae), revealed by sequence comparisons of nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA genes. Journal of Phycology 47(1): 164–177. PDF DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00949.x Reference page. 
• Roth, A.W. 1797. Catalecta Botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasc. 1. pp. [i]–viii, [1]–244 [1–2, index, pls], pls I–VIII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolo I.G. Mülleriano. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. Chaetophora. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2020-02-13.

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