Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae,Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morpho‐anatomical characters |
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| Authors: | Danilo E. Bustamante Boo Yeon Won Kathy Ann Miller Tae Oh Cho |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Life Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea;2. University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA;3. Marine Bio Research Center, Chosun University, Wando, Jeollanam‐do, Korea |
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| Abstract: | Morphological, anatomical, and molecular sequence data were used to assess the establishment and phylogenetic position of the genus Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov. Phylogenies based on rbcL and concatenated rbcL and cox1 loci support recognition of Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov., sister to Herposiphonia. Diagnostic features for Wilsonosiphonia are rhizoids located at distal ends of pericentral cells and taproot‐shaped multicellular tips of rhizoids. Wilsonosiphonia includes three species with diagnostic rbcL and cox1 sequences, Wilsonosiphonia fujiae sp. nov. (the generitype), W. howei comb. nov., and W. indica sp. nov. These three species resemble each other in external morphology, but W. fujiae is distinguished by having two tetrasporangia per segment rather than one, W. indica by having abundant and persistent trichoblasts, and W. howei by having few and deciduous trichoblasts. |
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| Keywords: | cox1 morphology phylogeny Polysiphonia sensu lato rbcL
Wilsonosiphonia fujiae
Wilsonosiphonia howei
Wilsonosiphonia indica
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