Phyllosiphon

Phyllosiphon
	Illustration of Phyllosiphon arisari: A, leaf of Arisarum vulgare showing the infection ; B, algal branches in the petiole ; C, part of algal thallus with aplanospores ; D, aplanospores
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Phyllosiphonales
Family:	Phyllosiphonaceae
Genus:	Phyllosiphon; J.G.Kühn, 1878
Type species
	Phyllosiphon arisari; J.G.Kühn
Species
	Phyllosiphon alocasiae Lagerheim; Phyllosiphon ari Procházková, Němková & Neustupa; Phyllosiphon arisari J.G.Kühn; Phyllosiphon coccidium H.Y.Song, Y.X.Hu, H.Zhu, Q.H.Wang, G.X.Liu & Z.Y.Hu; Phyllosiphon deformans Mangenot; Phyllosiphon duini K.Procházková, Y.Nemcová & J.Neustupa; Phyllosiphon maximus Lagerheim; Phyllosiphon philodendri Lagerheim;

Phyllosiphon is a genus of parasitic green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.^[3]

References

^ Kühn, J.G. (1878). Ueber eine neue parasitische Alge Phyllosiphon Arisari welche die Laubblaetter einer terrestrischen Pflanze ganz in derselben Weise befaellt, wie dies von parasitischen Pilzen bekannt ist. Sitzungsberichten der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 1878: 25-26?.
^ M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43818 ; searched on 21 May 2019.
^ Round, F. E. (1981). The Ecology of Algae. London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 398-400, [1].