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| Spirotaenia condensata | |
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| Genus: | Spirotaenia Brébisson 1848
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Spirotaenia is a genus of basal unicellular green algae that may be sister to the Chlorokybophyceae. [1] [2] It was previously considered to be part of the Zygnemataceae. It is sexually conjugating, a mode of reproduction that was previously only known in the Zygnemataceae/ Mesotaeniaceae, the sister groups to the land plants. This is surprising, as Spirotaenia is much more basal. The conjugating process is substantially aberrant.[ further explanation needed] [3] [4] Spirotaenia may actually be more than one distinct lineage which may not be closely related. [5]
Phylogeny
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groups traditionally included in the "algae" |
References
- ^ Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2018). "Plastid phylogenomic analysis of green plants: A billion years of evolutionary history". American Journal of Botany. 105 (3): 291–301. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 29603143.
- ^ Hidden genetic diversity in the green alga Spirogyra (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta)
- ^ Brook, Alan J. (1981). The Biology of Desmids. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520042810.
- ^ Gontcharov, Andrey A.; Melkonian, Michael (2004). "Unusual position of the genus Spirotaenia (Zygnematophyceae) among streptophytes revealed by SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons". Phycologia. 43 (1): 105–113. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.539.2139. doi: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-1-105.1. ISSN 0031-8884. S2CID 51945556.
- ^ COESEL, PETER; VANHOOF, ANDRÉ; MEESTERS, KOOS (2017-12-01). "Zygospore morphology in the conjugating green alga Spirotaenia diplohelica (Streptophyta, Zygnematophyceae, Mesotaeniaceae)". Phytotaxa. 329 (3): 284. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.329.3.10. ISSN 1179-3163.
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