The Mesotaeniaceae are a small family of unicellular green algae known as the "saccoderm desmids". The Mesotaeniaceae appear to be sister or ancestral to the Zygnemataceae. The desmids are a deep branching group of Zygnemataceae. Spirotaenia was found to be a basal green alga.[1]
| Mesotaeniaceae | |
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| Cylindrocystis brebissonii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| Order: | Zygnematales |
| Family: | Mesotaeniaceae Oltmanns |
| Genera | |
Genera
editThe Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera:[2]
- Ancylonema Berggren, 1872
- Cylindrocystis Meneghini ex De Bary, 1858
- Geniculus Prescott, 1967
- Mesotaenium Nägeli, 1849
- Netrium (Nägeli) Itzigsohn & Rothe, 1856
- Nucleotaenium Gontcharov & Melkonian, 2010
- Planotaenium (Ohtani) Petlovany & Palamar-Mordvintseva, 2009
- Roya West & G.S.West, 1896
- Tortitaenia A.J.Brook, 1998
Synonyms:
- Endospira Brébisson, nom. inval., is a synonym of Spirotaenia
- Entospira Kuntze, 1898 is a synonym of Spirotaenia
- Polytaenia A.J.Brook, 1997, nom. illeg., is a synonym of Tortitaenia
References
edit- ^ Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2018). "Plastid phylogenomic analysis of green plants: A billion years of evolutionary history". American Journal of Botany. 105 (3): 291–301. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 29603143.
- ^ Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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