Chlorolilaea Lortou & Gkelis, 2023

Gkelis, Spyros, 2023, Chlorolilaea, a replacement name for Lilaea Lortou & Gkelis nom. illeg. (Chlorophyta, Chlamydomonadales), Notulae Algarum 273, pp. 1-1 : 1

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16748598
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16748600
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD6C01-8260-7452-C8EC-1C2FFCD1FB5A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chlorolilaea Lortou & Gkelis
status	gen. nov.

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Chlorolilaea Lortou & Gkelis , gen. nov.

Description: Solitary vegetative cells spherical to irregular form, 7–16 μm in diameter with the ability to form cell aggregates without mucilage. Sometimes arranged in colonies of randomly distributed cells. Chloroplast cup-shaped to reticulate with eyespot and one or several pyrenoids surrounded by starch plates. Single nucleus or multiple nuclei directly before reproduction by aplanospores. Starch and plastoglobuli in chloroplasts and cytoplasmic oil bodies accumulate in aged cultures. Thylakoids in bundles of different sizes and thicknesses. Asexual reproduction by aplanospores and may have zoospores.

Replaced name: Lilaea Lortou & Gkelis nom. illeg. Microorganisms 10(1571): 19, 2022.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Chlorophyta
Class	Chlorophyceae
Order	Chlamydomonadales