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Genus of algae

Cheilosporum
Corallina planiuscula Kütz. (type of) - Cheilosporum planiusculum (Kütz.) Yendo (species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Subfamily: Corallinoideae
Genus: Cheilosporum
(Decaisne) Zanardini 1844
Species

Cheilosporum is a genus of red algae in the family Corallinaceae.

The arrow coralline Cheilosporum sagittatum (Lamouroux) Areschoug is a seaweed of temperate waters of Australia (from Perth, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania).

Species formerly placed in the genus

Arthrocardia corymbosa (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842, syn. Cheilosporum corymbosum (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842, is a red alga of South Africa (Southern Cape Peninsula eastward).

References

  1. Corallinee. G Zanardini, Encicl. Ital.(Venezia: Tasso) 6, 1013-1036, 1844.
  2. Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174
  3. Stegenga, H., Bolton, J.J., & Anderson, R.J. 1997. Seaweeds of the South African West Coast. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town. ISBN 0-7992-1793-X

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Taxon identifiers
Cheilosporum
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