Desmidiaceae Explained

The Desmidiaceae are one of four families of charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids).^[1]

Genera

Genera accepted by AlgaeBase were:

• Actinodontum – 3 species
• Actinotaenium – 57 species
• Allorgeia – 2 species
• Amscottia – 2 species
• Bambusina – 6 species
• Bourellyodesmus – 8 species
• Brachytheca – 2 species
• Calocylindrus – 3 species
• Cosmaridium – 1 species
• Cosmarium – 1063 species
• Cosmocladium – 8 species
• Croasdalea – 1 species
• Cruciangulum – 1 species
• Desmidium – 21 species
• Docidium – 37 species
• Euastridium – 3 species
• Euastrum – 324 species
• Groenbladia – 4 species
• Haplotaenium – 3 species
• Heimansia – 2 species
• Hyalotheca – 12 species
• Ichthyocercus – 6 species
• Ichthyodontum – 1 species
• Mateola – 2 species
• Micrasterias – 93 species
• Onychonema – 2 species
• Oocardium – 2 species
• Pachyphorium – 2 species
• Phymatodocis – 3 species
• Pleurotaeniopsis – 4 species
• Pleurotaenium – 85 species
• Prescottiella – 1 species
• Sphaerozosma – 19 species
• Spinocosmarium – 2 species
• Spondylosium – 31 species
• Staurastrum – 702 species
• Staurodesmus – 80 species
• Streptonema – 3 species
• Teilingia – 8 species
• Tetmemorus – 9 species
• Trapezodesmus – 1 species
• Triplastrum – 3 species
• Triploceras – 6 species
• Vincularia – 1 species
• Xanthidium – 119 species

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Desmidiaceae. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.