Botryococcaceae

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Botryococcaceae
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Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Trebouxiales
Family: Botryococcaceae
Wille, 1909 [1]
Genera

Botryococcaceae is a family of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae. [2]

Traditionally, Botryococcaceae has been defined on morphological grounds. Members of this family consist of irregular colonies of cells found free-floating or attached to a substrate. Cells are united by mucilaginous stalks that are formed by the gelatinization of the old parent cell walls. Cells may be spherical, ellipsoidal, or ovoid with a chloroplast with or without a pyrenoid. Reproduction occurs exclusively asexually by the formation of autospores. [3] However, molecular phylogenetic studies have found that some genera placed in Botryococcaceae based on morphology alone are unrelated to Botryococcus; the genus Dictyosphaerium is now placed in the family Chlorellaceae. [4]

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References

  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Botryococcaceae". AlgaeBase . World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Botryococcaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. Fanés Treviño, Ingrid; Sánchez Castillo, Pedro; Comas González, Augusto (2009). "Contribution to the taxonomic study of the family Botryococcaceae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) in southern Spain" (PDF). Cryptogamie, Algologie. 30: 17–30. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. Bock, Christina; Pröschold, Thomas; Krienitz, Lothar (2010). "Two new Dictyosphaerium-morphotype lineages of the Chlorellaceae (Trebouxiophyceae): Heynigia gen. nov. and Hindakia gen. nov". European Journal of Phycology. 45 (3): 267–277. Bibcode:2010EJPhy..45..267B. doi:10.1080/09670262.2010.487920.