@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref25525,
author = {Masahiro Suzuki and Hisayoshi Nozaki and Ryuta Terada and Taiju Kitayama and Tetsuo Hashimoto and Makoto Yoshizaki},
title = {Morphology and molecular relationships of Leptofauchea leptophylla comb. nov. (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta) from Japan},
year = {2012},
keywords = {Faucheaceae, Gloiocladia leptophylla, Japan, Leptofauchea leptophylla comb. nov., LSU rRNA, Rhodophyta},
doi = {10.2216/11-78.1},
url = {http://www.phycologia.org/doi/abs/10.2216/11-78.1},
pmid = {},
journal = {Phycologia},
volume = {51},
number = {5},
pages = {479--488},
abstract = {Detailed morphological studies and molecular analyses based on nuclear-encoded large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU
rRNA) gene sequences were undertaken on Gloiocladia leptophylla, a poorly known species from Japan. Both newly
collected samples and the holotype were examined. Herein we describe for the first time the structure of tetrasporangial
nemathecia, decussately dividing tetrasporangia and male gametophytes. We show that this species has a thin cortex,
decussately divided tetrasporangia formed in nemathecia and a tela arachnoidea (network of inner pericarp filaments
surrounding mature carposporophytes), as in the genus Leptofauchea. LSU rRNA analyses resolved G. leptophylla in
the Faucheaceae (in which it was robustly separated from Gloiocladia), forming a well-supported clade with five other
species of Leptofauchea and two species of Webervanbossea. We therefore propose the new combination Leptofauchea
leptophylla comb. nov. Iridescence in water, a distinct short stipe and a medulla composed of three to four cell layers are
conspicuous diagnostic characters of L. leptophylla within the genus.}
}
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Citation title: "Morphology and molecular relationships of Leptofauchea leptophylla comb. nov. (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta) from Japan".
