Vaucheria
| Vaucheria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Phylum: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| Order: | Heterosiphonales |
| Family: | Vaucheriaceae |
| Genus: | Vaucheria A.P. de Candolle |
Vaucheria is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae.[1] The type species of the genus is Vaucheria disperma.[2][3]
Vaucheria exhibits apical growth from the tip of filaments forming mats in either terrestrial or freshwater environments.[2][3] Its filaments form coenocytes with a large central vacuole pushing against the surrounding cytoplasm; the vacuole extends along the entire filament except for the growing tip.[3] The chloroplasts are located on the periphery of the cytoplasm with the nuclei aggregating toward the center near the vacuole.[3]
It has a diplontic life cycle,[4] previously thought to be haplontic.
Some species
- Vaucheria disperma
- Vaucheria litorea
References
- ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Pseudodichotomosiphon". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Vaucheria". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lee, Robert Edward (2008). Phycology (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521682770.
- ↑ van den Hoek, C., D.G. Mann, and H.M. Jahns 1995. Algae: an introduction to phycology, pp. 124, 129. Cambridge University Press (623 pp).