Kirchneriella

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Kirchneriella
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Kirchneriella lunaris
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(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Selenastraceae
Genus: Kirchneriella
Schmidle
Type species
Kirchneriella lunaris
(Kirchner) Möbius [1]
Species

Kirchneriella is a genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae. [2] It is found in freshwater habitats, as phytoplankton or metaphyton. [3]

Contents

The genus name of Kirchneriella is in honour of Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (18511925), who was a German botanist and agronomist. [4]

The genus was circumscribed by Wilhelm Schmidle in Ber. Naturf. Ges. Freiburg vol.7 on page 82 in 189.

Description

Kirchneriella usually consists of colonies of cells within a thin layer of mucilage. Usually four to 16 are present within a colony, but sometimes they are solitary. Cells are crescent-shaped, containing a single chloroplast with one pyrenoid. They are irregularly distributed within the mucilage. [3]

Species are distinguished from each other based on cell size and shape. [5] The similar genus Pseudokirchneriella was split off from Kirchneriella; it differs from this genus in that its cells lack a pyrenoid. [3] Some authors do not recognize the two genera as being distinct. [6]

Reproduction

Kirchneriella reproduces by autospores, which are arranged serially within the mother cell. They are released by rupture of the mother cell wall. [6]

Known species

According to GBIF; [7]

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References

  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Kirchneriella". AlgaeBase . World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Kirchneriella. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN   978-0-12-385876-4.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID   246307410 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. Komárek, J.; Fott, B. (1983). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen), Ordnung Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süßwassers (in German). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 1044.
  6. 1 2 Da Silva, Daniella; Sant'Anna, Célia L.; Tucci, Andrea; Comas, Augusto (2013). "New planktic species of Kirchneriella Schmidle (Chlorophyceae, Selenastraceae) from Brazilian freshwaters". Brazilian Journal of Botany. 36 (2): 153–157. doi:10.1007/s40415-013-0014-5. S2CID   256366898.
  7. "Kirchneriella Schmidle, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.