Vaucheria is a genus of yellow-green algae known as water felt, found forming mat-like growths in terrestrial or freshwater environments, and one of only two genera in the family Vaucheriaceae. Its filaments grow from their tips and contain a single large central vacuole with chloroplasts lining the cell periphery and nuclei clustered near the center, and the genus, which includes over 100 recognized species, is named after Swiss pastor and botanist Jean Pierre Etienne Vaucher.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm)Terrestrial and Freshwater 2 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source Wikidata: Vaucheria
In Biome
Source Wikidata: Vaucheria
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1. Wikidata: Vaucheria
- Wikidata Q114269, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Vaucheria': a genus of Xanthophyceae or yellow-green algae
- Child Taxon Of: Ochrophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Freshwater, Introduction
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Vaucheria
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Vaucheria exhibits apical growth from the tip of filaments forming mats in either terrestrial or freshwater environments.
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Vaucheria
View the Source3. Vaucheria (Wikipedia)
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