''Vaucheria'' is a
genus
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of
Xanthophyceae
Yellow-green algae or the Xanthophyceae (xanthophytes) are an important group of heterokont algae. Most live in fresh water, but some are found in marine and soil habitats. They vary from single-celled flagellates to simple colonial and filamen ...
or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family
Vaucheriaceae.
The type species of the genus is ''
Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candoll ...
in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris vol.3 on page 20 in 1801.
The genus name of ''Vaucheria'' is in honour of
Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher
Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher (17 April 1763 – 5 or 6 January 1841) was a Swiss Protestant pastor and botanist who was a native of the Republic of Geneva.
He studied theology at Geneva, and from 1795 to 1821 was a pastor at the Church of Sa ...
(1763–1841), who was a Swiss
Protestant
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pastor
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and
botanist.
''Vaucheria'' exhibits apical growth from the tip of filaments forming mats in either terrestrial or freshwater environments.
coenocyte
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s with a large central vacuole
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pushing against the surrounding cytoplasm
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; the vacuole extends along the entire filament except for the growing tip.life cycle
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Science and academia
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* Life-cycle hypothesis ...
,[van den Hoek, C., D.G. Mann, and H.M. Jahns 1995. Algae: an introduction to phycology, pp. 124, 129. Cambridge University Press (623 pp).] previously thought to be diplontic.
Species
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Places
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;Vaucheria aestuarii
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria alaskana
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria amphibia
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria antarctica
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria arcassonensis
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria arechavaletae
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria aversa
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria bermudensis
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria bicornigera
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*''Vaucheria bilateralis
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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*'' Vaucheria birostris''
*'' Vaucheria borealis'' Hirn, 1900
*'' Vaucheria bursata''
*'' Vaucheria caloundrensis''
*'' Vaucheria canalicularis''
*'' Vaucheria compacta''
*'' Vaucheria conifera''
*'' Vaucheria coronata''
*'' Vaucheria crenulata''
*'' Vaucheria cruciata''
*'' Vaucheria dichotoma''
*'' Vaucheria dillwynii''
*'' Vaucheria discoidea''
*'' Vaucheria edaphica''
*'' Vaucheria erythrospora''
*'' Vaucheria folliculata''
*'' Vaucheria fontinalis''
*'' Vaucheria frigida''
*'' Vaucheria gardneri''
*'' Vaucheria geminata'' (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
*'' Vaucheria glomerata''
*'' Vaucheria gyrogyna''
*'' Vaucheria hamata''
*'' Vaucheria hercyniana'' Rieth, 1974
*'' Vaucheria hookeri''
*'' Vaucheria incurva''
*'' Vaucheria intermedia''
*'' Vaucheria jaoi''
*'' Vaucheria javanica''
*'' Vaucheria jonesii''
*'' Vaucheria karachiensis''
*'' Vaucheria karnaphulii''
*'' Vaucheria leyana''
*'' Vaucheria lii''
*''Vaucheria litorea
''Vaucheria litorea'' is a species of yellow-green algae (Xanthophyceae). It grows in a filamentous fashion (forming long tubular cells connected end to end). ''V. litorea'' is a common intertidal species of coastal brackish waters and salt mars ...
'' C.Agardh, 1823
*'' Vaucheria longata''
*'' Vaucheria longicaulis''
*'' Vaucheria longipes''
*'' Vaucheria madhuensis''
*'' Vaucheria mayyanadensis''
*'' Vaucheria medusa''
*'' Vaucheria megaspora''
*'' Vaucheria micranthera''
*'' Vaucheria minuta''
*'' Vaucheria mulleola''
*'' Vaucheria nanandra''
*'' Vaucheria nasuta''
*'' Vaucheria orientalis''
*'' Vaucheria orthocarpa''
*'' Vaucheria patagonica''
*'' Vaucheria piloboloides''
*'' Vaucheria polymorpha''
*'' Vaucheria prasadense''
*'' Vaucheria prescottii''
*'' Vaucheria prolifera''
*'' Vaucheria prona''
*'' Vaucheria pronosperma''
*'' Vaucheria pseudogeminata''
*'' Vaucheria pseudomonoica''
*'' Vaucheria racemosa''
*'' Vaucheria randhawae''
*'' Vaucheria schleicheri''
*'' Vaucheria sescuplicaria''
*'' Vaucheria sessilis'' (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
*'' Vaucheria simplex''
*'' Vaucheria subarechavaletae''
*'' Vaucheria submarina''
*'' Vaucheria subsimplex''
*'' Vaucheria synandra''
*'' Vaucheria taylorii''
*'' Vaucheria terrestris'' (Vaucher) De Candolle, 1805
*'' Vaucheria uncinata''
*''Vaucheria undulata
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), cir ...
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*'' Vaucheria velutina''
*'' Vaucheria venkataramanii''
*'' Vaucheria verticillata''
*'' Vaucheria vipera''
*'' Vaucheria walzii''
*'' Vaucheria woroniniana''
*''Vaucheria zapotecana
''Vaucheria'' is a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae known as water felt. It is one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. The type species of the genus is ''Vaucheria disperma''.
The genus was circumscribed by Augustin Pyr ...
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References
Heterokont genera
Xanthophyceae
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