Trentepohlia (alga)

Trentepohlia
Trentepohlia sp. on Cryptomeria japonica bark
Scientific classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Trentepohliales
Family: Trentepohliaceae
Genus: Trentepohlia
Mart.
Type species
Trentepohlia aurea
Species
  • Trentepohlia abietina (Flotow ex Kützing) Hansgirg
  • Trentepohlia afra (Massalongo) A.B.Cribb
  • Trentepohlia allorgei Bourrelly & Manguin
  • Trentepohlia angadickalensis M.V.N.Panikkar & P.Sindhu
  • Trentepohlia annulata F.Brand
  • Trentepohlia arborum (C.Agardh) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia aurea (L.) C.Martius
  • Trentepohlia betulina (Rabenhorst) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia bleischii (Rabenhorst) Wille
  • Trentepohlia bosseae De Wildeman
  • Trentepohlia calamicola (Zeller) De Toni & Levi
  • Trentepohlia chapmanii Rindi & López-Bautista
  • Trentepohlia chinensis (Harvey) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia cochunensis Tracanna
  • Trentepohlia cucullata De Wildeman
  • Trentepohlia cyanea Karsten
  • Trentepohlia depressa (J.Müller) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia dialepta (Nylander) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia diffracta (Krempelhüber) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia diffusa De Wildeman
  • Trentepohlia dusenii Hariot
  • Trentepohlia effusa (Krempelhuber) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia ellipsicarpa Schmidle
  • Trentepohlia elongata (Zeller) De Toni]]
  • Trentepohlia flava (Kützing) De Toni
  • Trentepohlia flintii Sarma
  • Trentepohlia fusco-atra (Zeller) De Toni
  • Trentepohlia hunanensis C.-C.Jao
  • Trentepohlia hygrophila Moschkova
  • Trentepohlia infestans Rindi & J.López-Bautista
  • Trentepohlia jolithus (L.) Wallroth
  • Trentepohlia jucunda (Cesati) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia leprieurii Hariot
  • Trentepohlia lichenicola (Smith) De Toni
  • Trentepohlia longicarpa A.K.M.N.Islam
  • Trentepohlia luteofusca De Wildeman
  • Trentepohlia minima Schmidle
  • Trentepohlia negeri Brand
  • Trentepohlia odorata (F.H.Wiggers) Wittrock
  • Trentepohlia pathanamthittaensis Panikkar & Sindhu
  • Trentepohlia peruana (Kützing) Printz
  • Trentepohlia piceana Meyer
  • Trentepohlia randhawaiana A.B.Cribb
  • Trentepohlia recurvata Wittrock & Nordstedt
  • Trentepohlia reinschii Hansgirg
  • Trentepohlia rigidula (J.Müller) Hariot
  • Trentepohlia santurcensis Tiffany
  • Trentepohlia sparsa (Harvey) Harvey
  • Trentepohlia spinosa A.K.M.N.Islam
  • Trentepohlia sundarbanensis G.G.Satpati & R.Pal
  • Trentepohlia thevalliensis Panikkar & Sindhu
  • Trentepohlia treubiana De Wildeman
  • Trentepohlia umbrina (Kützing) Bornet
  • Trentepohlia uncinata (Gobi) Hansgirg
  • Trentepohlia willeana Hansgirg
  • Trentepohlia willei (Tiffany) Printz
Synonyms
  • Byssus Linnaeus, 1753 - unaccepted
  • Chroolepus C.Agardh, 1824 - unaccepted
  • Tophora E.M.Fries, 1825 - unaccepted

Trentepohlia is a genus of filamentous chlorophyte green algae in the family Trentepohliaceae, living free on terrestrial supports such as tree trunks and wet rocks or symbiotically in lichens. The filaments of Trentepohlia often have a strong orange colour (photograph at right) caused by the presence of large quantities of carotenoid pigments which mask the green of the chlorophyll.