Desmidiaceae

The Desmidiaceae are one of four families of charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids).[2]

Desmidiaceae
Micrasterias sp.
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(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Zygnematophyceae
Order: Desmidiales
Family: Desmidiaceae
Ralfs[1]
Genera

See text.

Genera

Genera accepted by AlgaeBase as of February 2022 were:[1]

  • Actinodontum Alfinito & Coesel – 3 species
  • Actinotaenium (Nägeli) Teiling – 57 species
  • Allorgeia Gauthier-Lièvre ex Guiry & Coesel – 2 species
  • Amscottia Grönblad – 2 species
  • Bambusina Kützing ex Kützing – 6 species
  • Bourellyodesmus Compère – 8 species
  • Brachytheca Gontcharov & Watanabe – 2 species
  • Calocylindrus (Nägeli) O.Kirchner – 3 species
  • Cosmaridium F.Gay – 1 species
  • Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs – 1063 species
  • Cosmocladium Brébisson – 8 species
  • Croasdalea C.E.M.Bicudo & Mercante – 1 species
  • Cruciangulum D.B.Williamson – 1 species
  • Desmidium C.Agardh ex Ralfs – 21 species
  • Docidium Brébisson ex Ralfs – 37 species
  • Euastridium West & G.S.West – 3 species
  • Euastrum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 324 species
  • Groenbladia Teiling – 4 species
  • Haplotaenium Bando – 3 species
  • Heimansia Coesel – 2 species
  • Hyalotheca Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 12 species
  • Ichthyocercus West & G.S.West – 6 species
  • Ichthyodontum A.M.Scott & Prescott – 1 species
  • Mateola R.Salisbury – 2 species
  • Micrasterias C.Agardh ex Ralfs – 93 species
  • Onychonema Wallich – 2 species
  • Oocardium Nägeli – 2 species
  • Pachyphorium Palamar-Mordintseva – 2 species
  • Phymatodocis Nordstedt – 3 species
  • Pleurotaeniopsis (P.Lundell) Lagerheim – 4 species
  • Pleurotaenium Nägeli – 85 species
  • Prescottiella C.E.M.Bicudo – 1 species
  • Sphaerozosma Corda ex Ralfs – 19 species
  • Spinocosmarium Prescott & A.M.Scott – 2 species
  • Spondylosium Brébisson ex Kützing – 31 species
  • Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs – 702 species
  • Staurodesmus Teiling – 80 species
  • Streptonema Wallich – 3 species
  • Teilingia Bourrelly – 8 species
  • Tetmemorus Ralfs ex Ralfs – 9 species
  • Trapezodesmus Kufferath – 1 species
  • Triplastrum M.O.P.Iyengar & Ramanathan – 3 species
  • Triploceras Bailey – 6 species
  • Vincularia K.Fuciková & J.Kastovsky – 1 species
  • Xanthidium Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 119 species

References
  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Desmidiaceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Desmidiaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

Scientific references

Scientific databases


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