Bambusina is a genus of freshwater green algae in the family Desmidiaceae.[1] Bambusina is a cosmopolitan genus, typically associated with acidic and oligotrophic waters. Species of this genus, particularly B. borreri, have been reported in all continents except Antarctica.[1]
| Bambusina | |
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| Bambusina borreri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Zygnematophyceae |
| Order: | Desmidiales |
| Family: | Desmidiaceae |
| Genus: | Bambusina Kützing ex Kützing, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| Bambusina brebissonii Kützing
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| Species | |
Taxonomy
editThere are currently 8 accepted species in Bambusina. The type species for this genus is Bambusina borreri (Ralfs) Cleve 1864,[2] although it was first was described as Bambusina brebissonii by Kützing in 1849 and separately as Desmidium borreri by John Ralfs in 1848.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Bambusina". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Bambusina borreri". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Desmidium borreri". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
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