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Acicularia

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Taxonomy
Acicularia was named by d'Archiac (1843). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Acicularia paventina.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Dasycladales by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Acicularia d'Archiac
1976Acicularia Lakhanpal et al.
2003Acicularia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
genusAciculariad'Archiac 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Acicularia d'Archiac 1843
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Acicularia cutchensis Pal and Gangopadhyaya 1970
Acicularia elongata Carozzi 1955
Acicularia indica Varma 1954
Acicularia paventina d'Archiac 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available