Klebsormidium

Klebsormidium is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae comprising 20 species.[1] The name was proposed in 1972 to resolve confusion in application and status of Hormidium[Note 1] and was given for the German botanist Georg Albrecht Klebs[Note 2].

Klebsormidium
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Klebsormidiophyceae
Order: Klebsormidiales
Family: Klebsormidiaceae
Genus: Klebsormidium
P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell[1][2]
Species

See species list.

Klebsormidium bilatum

The algae occurs mostly in soil and on moist substrates, nevertheless, aquatic and one marine species are also known. Many Klebsormidium-species are able to synthesize substances for UV protection, the so-called mycosporine-like amino acids. The draft genome sequence of Klebsormidium flaccidum was published in 2014.

Species

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

  • Klebsormidium acidophilum
  • Klebsormidium bilatum
  • Klebsormidium crenulatum
  • Klebsormidium dissectum
  • Klebsormidium drouetii
  • Klebsormidium elegans
  • Klebsormidium fluitans
  • Klebsormidium fragile
  • Klebsormidium klebsii
  • Klebsormidium lamellosum
  • Klebsormidium montanum
  • Klebsormidium mucosum
  • Klebsormidium nitens (Previously known as Klebsormidium flaccidum)
  • Klebsormidium pseudostichococcus
  • Klebsormidium scopulinum
  • Klebsormidium sterile
  • Klebsormidium subtile
  • Klebsormidium subtilissimum
  • Klebsormidium tribonematoideum

Notes
  1. Hormidium nitens G.A.Klebs 1896
  2. Georg Albrecht Klebs (1857-1918) Dinophyceae, Chrysophyceae and Xanthophyceae specialist

References
  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Klebsormidium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  2. Silva, P.C.; Mattox, K.R.; Blackwell, W.H., Jr (1972). "The generic name Hormidium as applied to green algae". Taxon. 21 (5/6): 639–645. doi:10.2307/1219167. JSTOR 1219167.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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