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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Schizochlamydaceae |
| Genus: | Follicularia V.V.Miller, 1924 |
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| Follicularia paradoxalis V.V.Miller | |
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Follicularia is a genus of green algae, in the family Schizochlamydaceae. It is found in terrestrial habitats, mainly soil.
Follicularia consists of single cells or groups of cells. Cells are spherical, with a smooth cell wall. Young cells contain a single parietal chloroplast with a pyrenoid; later, adult cells contain many conical to prismatic chloroplasts lining the insides of the cell membrane. Asexual reproduction occurs via zoospores with two flagella, or aplanospores.
The genus Follicularia is morphologically similar to Planktosphaeria, a genus that is traditionally defined as producing autospores instead of zoospores. Additionally, species matching the morphological description of Follicularia have been found to be of polyphyletic origins; some species have been transferred to the new genus, Herndonia.
References
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Follicularia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.
- Watanabe, Shin (2020). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Planktosphaeria, Follicularia and Herndonia gen. nov. (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae) based on ultrastructure and 18S rDNA analyses". Phycologia. 59 (5): 397–408. Bibcode:2020Phyco..59..397W. doi:10.1080/00318884.2020.1782083. S2CID 222093721.
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