Mesotaeniaceae

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Charophyta
(unranked):
Phragmoplastophyta
Family:
Mesotaeniaceae

Oltmanns, 1904
Genera
  • Ancylonema
  • Cylindrocystis
  • Geniculus
  • Mesotaenium
  • Netrium
  • Nucleotaenium
  • Planotaenium
  • Roya
  • Tortitaenia

Genera

The 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
  • Spirotaenia Brébisson, 1848 [3]
  • 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
  1. 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.
  2. Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. AlgaeBase Mesotaeniaceae


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