Phyllosiphon is a genus of parasitic green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.[3]
Phyllosiphon | |
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Illustration of Phyllosiphon arisari: A, leaf of Arisarum vulgare showing the infection ; B, algal branches in the petiole ; C, part of algal thallus with aplanospores ; D, aplanospores | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Phyllosiphonales |
Family: | Phyllosiphonaceae |
Genus: | Phyllosiphon J.G.Kühn, 1878[1] |
Type species | |
Phyllosiphon arisari | |
Species[2] | |
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The species Phyllosiphon arisari Kühn induces necrosis in leaf tissue of Arisarum, after invading the intracellular space.[4]