Trentepohliaceae

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Trentepohliaceae
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Trentepohlia aurea
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Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Trentepohliales
Chadefaud ex R.H.Thompson & D.E.Wujek
Family: Trentepohliaceae
Hansgirg
Genera [1]

Trentepohliaceae are a family of green algae, and the only family in the order Trentepohliales. [2] It is a member of the Ulvophyceaen green algae. [3] [4] The family is characterized by traits like net-like chloroplasts without pyrenoids, cell walls with plasmodesmata and cytokinesis by production of a phragmoplast. [5] They are subaerial algae with a worldwide distribution. [6]

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Description

Typically, members of Trentepohliaceae consist of uniseriate filaments that are variably branched. In some genera, the filaments are branched and produce small, bushy tufts; in others, the filaments are crowded, and grow into a pseudoparenchymatous small disc. Reproduction is both asexual and sexual. Zoospores are formed in what is called a "sporangiate-lateral", in which a sporangium is attached via a highly modified branch called a "suffultory cell". [6] Their life cycle involves an alternation of generations between a sporophyte phase and a gametophyte phase; the sporophyte and gametophyte may be identical in morphology (isomorphic) or not (heteromorphic). [6]

Ecology

Trentepohliaceae is an exclusively subaerial taxon, and are one of the most common and widespread types of subaerial algae. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, but are most diverse in the tropics and subtropics. They grow on a wide range of substrates, such as rocks, tree barks, wood, leaves, and sometimes bare soil. Some genera, Cephaleuros and Stomatochroon, are parasites which grow within plant tissue. [6]

Some Trentepohliales algae, such as Trentepohlia species, show remarkable desiccation tolerance and adaptability to a wide range of light and temperature conditions, as evidenced by research on alpine and coastal environment species. [7]

As subaerial algae, they are often closely associated with lichen-forming fungi and are common as phycobionts within lichens. [6]

Taxonomy

Trentepohliaceae is generally considered to include five genera: [6]

AlgaeBase lists some additional genera; these genera, such as Friedaea, are of uncertain status. [8]

The family and order is taxonomically well-defined, but the unique combination of ecological and ultrastructural characters has made placement difficult. Previous classifications have variously placed Trentepohliales in the classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and even its own class the Trentepohliophyceae. Molecular phylogenetic studies have clearly established its place in Ulvophyceae. [9]

The genera, as currently circumscribed, are polyphyletic or paraphyletic and in need of revision. For example, some recent sources do not recognize Printzina. [10] Their phylogenetic relationships are shown below (not all taxa are included): [6] [10]

References

  1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Family: Trentepohliaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Trentepohliaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. See the NCBI webpage on Trentepohliales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  4. Li, X.; Hou, Z.; Xu, C.; Shi, X.; Yang, L.; Lewis, L. A.; Zhong, B. (2021). "Large Phylogenomic Data sets Reveal Deep Relationships and Trait Evolution in Chlorophyte Green Algae". Genome Biology and Evolution. 13 (7): evab101. doi:10.1093/gbe/evab101. PMC   8271138 . PMID   33950183.
  5. Six Newly Sequenced Chloroplast Genomes From Trentepohliales: The Inflated Genomes, Alternative Genetic Code and Dynamic Evolution - Frontiers
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brooks, Fred; Rindi, Fabio; Suto, Yasuo; Ohtani, Shuji; Green, Mark (2015). "The Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta): An Unusual Algal Order and its Novel Plant Pathogen— Cephaleuros". Plant Disease. 99 (6): 740–753. Bibcode:2015PlDis..99..740B. doi:10.1094/PDIS-01-15-0029-FE. PMID   30699526.
  7. Holzinger A, Plag N, Karsten U, Glaser K (2023). "Terrestrial Trentepohlia sp. (Ulvophyceae) from alpine and coastal collection sites show strong desiccation tolerance and broad light and temperature adaptation". Protoplasma. 260 (6): 1539–1553. Bibcode:2023Prpls.260.1539H. doi:10.1007/s00709-023-01866-2. PMC   10590310 . PMID   37291393.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Hall, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; McCourt, Richard M.; Stancheva, Rosalina (2018). "Ochlochaete incrustanssp. nov., a new species of freshwater ulvophycean algae from California, USA, with notes on Friedaea torrenticola". Phycologia. 57 (4): 465–476. Bibcode:2018Phyco..57..465H. doi:10.2216/17-39.1.
  9. Škaloud, Pavel; Rindi, Fabio; Boedeker, Christian; Leliaert, Frederik (2018). Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae. Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 13. Berlin, Germany: Springer Spektrum. pp. i–x, 1–289. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55495-1. ISBN   978-3-662-55494-4.
  10. 1 2 Zhu, Huan; Hu, Zhengyu; Liu, Guoxiang (2017). "Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Trentepohliales (Chlorophyta) from China". European Journal of Phycology. 52 (3): 330–341. Bibcode:2017EJPhy..52..330Z. doi:10.1080/09670262.2017.1309574.