Sirogonium Explained

Sirogonium is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae of the order Zygnematales. It is found in freshwater areas on all continents but Antarctica. Spirogyra measures approximately 32–115 μm in width. Each cell contains 2–10 chloroplasts in a ribbon, in contrast to the closely related genus Spirogyra, which has chloroplasts in a coil.^{[1] [2]} Molecular phylogenetic studies have placed Sirogonium inside a clade consisting of Spirogyra species; in other words, Spirogyra is paraphyletic with respect to Sirogonium.^[3]

Species

The following species are currently accepted:^[4]

• Sirogonium calosporum Zhu
• Sirogonium ceylanicum Wittrock
• Sirogonium decoratum Prescott
• Sirogonium denticulatum W.J.Zhu
• Sirogonium floridanum (Transeau) G.M.Smith
• Sirogonium fuscosporum Woodhead & Tweed
• Sirogonium guangzhouense Zhu
• Sirogonium hui (L.C.Li) Transeau
• Sirogonium illinoisense (Transeau) G.M.Smith
• Sirogonium indicum Singh
• Sirogonium inflatum Dixit
• Sirogonium kamatii Kadlubowska
• Sirogonium khoriense Masud-ul-Hassan & M.Nizamuddin

• Sirogonium melanosporum (Randhawa) Transeau
• Sirogonium phacosporum Skuja

• Sirogonium pseudofloridanum (Prescott) Transeau
• Sirogonium reticulatum Randhawa
• Sirogonium retroversum H.C.Wood
• Sirogonium sticticum (Smith) Kützing

• Sirogonium vandalurense Iyengar
• Sirogonium ventersicum Transeau

References

• John Whitton, B.A. and Brook, A.J. (editors) 2002. The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. .

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00130.x. Phylogeny of Spirogyra and Sirogonium (Zygnematophyceae) Based on Rbcl Sequence Data1. Journal of Phycology. 41. 5. 1055. 2005. Drummond. Christopher S.. Hall. John. Karol. Kenneth G.. Delwiche. Charles F.. McCourt. Richard M.. 49230141 .
2. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00485.x. Phylogeny of the Conjugating Green Algae Based on Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Nucleotide Sequence Data. Journal of Phycology. 44. 2. 467–477. 2008. Hall. John D.. Karol. Kenneth G.. McCourt. Richard M.. Delwiche. Charles F.. 27041201. 25289006 .
3. 10.1186/1471-2148-12-77 . Hidden genetic diversity in the green alga Spirogyra (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) . 2012 . Chen . Charlotte . Barfuss . Michael HJ . Pröschold . Thomas . Schagerl . Michael . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 12 . 77 . 22655677 . 3527229 . free .
4. Web site: Sirogonium Kützing, 1843, nom. cons. :: Algaebase. algaebase.org. 2015-11-14.