Biology:Phyllosiphon
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Short description: Genus of algae
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| 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 | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Phyllosiphonales |
| Family: | Phyllosiphonaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllosiphon J.G.Kühn, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phyllosiphon arisari J.G.Kühn
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Phyllosiphon is a genus of parasitic green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.[3]
Ecology
Parasite ecology
The species Phyllosiphon arisari Kühn induces necrosis in leaf tissue of Arisarum, after invading the intracellular space.[4]
References
- ↑ 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?.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Round, F. E. (1981). The Ecology of Algae. London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 398-400, [1].
- ↑ 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.
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.
Wikidata ☰ Q19598617 entry
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