Trentepohlia (alga)

For the crane fly genus, see Trentepohlia (insect).
Trentepohlia
Trentepohlia sp.
on Cryptomeria japonica bark
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Trentepohliales
Family: Trentepohliaceae
Genus: Trentepohlia Mart.
Species
  • T. arborum
  • T. aurea
  • T. dialepta
  • T. sp. UTEX 1227
  • T. jolithus
  • T. abietina
  • T. annulata
  • T. umbrina
  • T. sp. Knysna 563
  • T. sp. SAG 117.80

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.[1] 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 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.[2][3]

Trentepohliaceous photobionts are abundant in tropical and subtropical floras because of their vulnerability to cold damage, however, some Trentepohlia species do occur in temperate environments and in fact they are present in almost all continents.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Trentepohlia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ F.S. Dobson (2000) Lichens, an illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. Richmond publishing Co. ISBN 0-85546-094-6
  3. ↑ T. Friedl and B. Büdel (1996) Photobionts, in Nash, T.H. (ed.) Lichen biology, pp.8-23, Cambridge University Press.
  4. ↑ 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.
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