USP Electronic Research Repository

Reproductive morphology and taxonomic reappraisal of Exophyllum wentii Weber - van Bosse (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Bali Island, Indonesia

Indy, J.R. and De Ramon N'Yeurt, Antoine and Yasui, H. (2006) Reproductive morphology and taxonomic reappraisal of Exophyllum wentii Weber - van Bosse (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Bali Island, Indonesia. Phycological Research, 54 (4). pp. 308-316. ISSN 1322-0829

[thumbnail of Reproductive_morphology_and_taxonomic_reappraisal_of_Exophyllum_wentii_Weber_-_van_Bosse.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Published Version
Download (539kB) | Preview

Abstract

The little-known and rarely collected alga Exophyllum wentii Weber-van Bosse is re-described in detail from the type material, as well as from new collections from Indonesia, which for the first time reveal in detail the structure of cystocarpic and spermatangial plants and the development of tetrasporangial stichidia under culture conditions. New morphological reproductive information confirms placement of the genus Exophyllum within the Rhodomelaceae. Exophyllum is distinguished from other related genera within the Rhodomelaceae by its cartilaginous, non-trichoblastic decumbent thallus with multiple holdfasts and its discoid spermatangial organs. Some Pacific material earlier attributed to E. wentii was found to be misidentified and re-assigned to the Dasyaceae.

Item Type: Journal Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: culture, Exophyllum wentii, Indonesia, reproduction, Rhodomelaceae, taxonomy
Subjects: Q Science > QK Botany
Divisions: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD)
Depositing User: Antoine N'Yeurt
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2014 04:46
Last Modified: 29 Oct 2014 04:46
URI: https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/7591

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item