Ilsteria

Ilsteria is a genus of algae from the yellow-green algae class. It is a colonial organism, generally consisting of four or – sometimes – two cells.[1] This genus is named after a Latvian botanist, teacher and poet Jānis Ilsters (1851–1889).[2]

Ilsteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Xanthophyceae
Order: Mischococcales
Family: Botryochloridaceae
Genus: Ilsteria
Skuja & Pascher, 1938
Species[1]
  • Ilsteria lobata Pascher
  • Ilsteria pseudotetracoccus Kostikov
  • Ilsteria quadrijuncta Skuja
  • Ilsteria tetracoccus Pascher

Species

There are four currently recognized species of algae in the genus Ilsteria that are distinguished based on cell dimensions and the morphology and number of chloroplasts, which can be either single or ranging from four to twelve in a single algae cell.[1]

References
  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Ilsteria". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  2. "Jānis Ilsters". Literatūra.lv (LU LFMI). Retrieved 23 December 2022.


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