Vittaprasiola Heesch, Guiry & Rindi, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15846331 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA5B39-8A60-8E46-FCC0-FA01FB7A62AA |
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Plazi |
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Vittaprasiola Heesch, Guiry & Rindi |
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Genus Vittaprasiola Heesch, Guiry & Rindi , gen. nov.
ETYMOLOGY. — The Latin noun vitta (pl. vittae), a belt or ribbon, is here employed as a prefix.
TYPE. — Vittaprasiola calophylla (Carmichael ex Greville) Heesch, Guiry & Rindi , comb. nov. (basionym: Prasiola calophylla Carmichael ex Greville ), below.
DESCRIPTION
Thalli adhering to the substratum by a basal cell or a callus-like holdfast, from which a uniseriate or pluriseriate stipe arises, gradually expanding into a linear, ribbon-shaped blade up to a 2 cm wide and up to 10 cm long. Asexual reproduction by aplanospores; sexual reproduction not known, presumed but not observed. When known, life history consists of an alternation of two asexual heteromorphic generations. Algae living in freshwater habitats and in terrestrial habitats often subject to inputs of organic nitrogen.
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