Paulbroadya Darienko et Pröschold, 2017

Darienko, Tatyana & Pröschold, Thomas, 2017, Toward a monograph of non-marine Ulvophyceae using an integrative approach (Molecular phylogeny and systematics of terrestrial Ulvophyceae II.), Phytotaxa 324 (1), pp. 1-41 : 14

Paulbroadya Darienko et Pröschold gen. nov.

Diagnosis: Algae forms prostrate and erect systems of filaments. Prostrate system is formed from rounded cells often gathered into cell packages. The erect system is richly branched uni- or bilateral. Cells are uninucleate, posses a parietal chloroplast and one pyrenoid. The pyrenoid is surrounded by starch grains. Reproduction by zoospores is not known.

Differs from other genera by SSU-ITS sequences.

Type species (designated herein): Paulbroadya prostrata (Broady et Ingerfeld) Darienko et Pröschold comb. nov.

Investigated strains: CCAP 415/4, SAG 23.92, SAG 2240, ULVO-34 ( Figs 7–8 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Morphology of Paulbroadya prostrata SAG 23.92 grown on 1/2SWES medium.

FIGURE 8. Morphology of Paulbroadya petersii SAG 2240 grown on SWES medium. A, B. general view of plants, C–G. morphology of filaments in two-weeks of growth.