Pleurastrum

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Chlorophyta
Subphylum: Chlorophytina
Classis: Chlorophyceae
Ordo: Chlamydomonadales

Familia: Pleurastraceae
Genus: Pleurastrum

Species: P. aquaticum – P. diplobionticum – P. insigne – P. minutum – P. rubrioleum – P. sarcinoideum – P. terricola – P. vacuolatum
Name

Pleurastrum Chodat, 1894: 613

Type Species: Pleurastrum insigne Chodat

Pleurastrum insigne

References
Primary references

Chodat, R. 1894. Materiaux pour servir a l'histoire des Protococcoidées. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2: 585–616. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Sciuto, K., Wolf, M.A., Mistri, M. & Moro, I. 2023. Appraisal of the genus Pleurastrum (Chlorophyta) based on molecular and climate data. Diversity 16(650): 1–31. DOI: 10.3390/d15050650 Open access Reference page.

Links

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2024. Pleurastrum. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2024-02-25.

Pleurastrum is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.[1] As of February 2022, it was the only genus in the family Pleurastraceae.[2]
Species

As of February 2022, AlgaeBase accepted the following species:[1]

Pleurastrum insigne Chodat
Pleurastrum photoheterotrophicum Metting
Pleurastrum sarcinoideum Groover & H.C.Bold
Pleurastrum terricola (Bristol) D.M.John

References

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pleurastrum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pleurastraceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-25.