Trentepohlia (alga)
Trentepohlia is a genus of filamentous chlorophyte green algae in the family Trentepohliaceae, living free on terrestrial supports such as tree trunks and wet rocks or symbiotically in lichens.[2] The filaments of Trentepohlia have a strong orange colour (photograph at right) caused by the presence of large quantities of carotenoid pigments which mask the green of the chlorophyll.
| Trentepohlia | |
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| Trentepohlia sp. on Cryptomeria japonica bark | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Trentepohliales |
| Family: | Trentepohliaceae |
| Genus: | Trentepohlia Mart. |
| Type species | |
| Trentepohlia aurea | |
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Trentepohlia species form associations with fungal hyphae, and are widespread phycobionts in lichens, such as the "secret writing" crustose lichen genera Graphis, Graphina, Gyalecta and Opegrapha.[3][4]
There are about 40 species of Trentepohlia mostly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas[5] but several species also occur in temperate environments including Britain and Ireland.[6] The genus is present in almost all continents.[7]
Gallery
Trentepohlia aurea, Tauberland, Germany.jpg)
Trentepohlia aurea var. polycarpa grows prolifically on Monterey Cypress trees at Point Lobos, California
References
- M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=X34e5de6b47fb6fc9 ; searched on 28 June 2018.
- See the NCBI webpage on Trentepohlia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- F.S. Dobson (2000) Lichens, an illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. Richmond publishing Co. ISBN 0-85546-094-6
- T. Friedl and B. Büdel (1996) Photobionts, in Nash, T.H. (ed.) Lichen biology, pp.8-23, Cambridge University Press.
- van den Hoek, C.; Mann, D.G.; Jahns, H.M. (1995). Algae: an introduction to phycology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521316873.
- John, D.M.; Whitton, B.A.; Brook, A.J., eds. (2002). The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521193757.
- Aboal, Marina; Egidos, Ana; Marín, José; Asencio, Antonia (2002). "Trentepohlia jolithus (L.) Wallroth 1833 (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae) in subaerial habitats from southeastern Spain". Archiv für Hydrobiologie. Algological Studies. 107: 153–162.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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