Characiaceae is a
family
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of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ( Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alg ...
in the order
Sphaeropleales
Sphaeropleales is an order of green algae that used to be called Chlorococcales. The order includes some of the most common freshwater planktonic algae such as '' Scenedesmus'' and '' Pediastrum''. The Spaeropleales includes vegetatively non-mot ...
.
Genera
,
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History
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accepted the following genera:
[
*'' Acrochasma'' Korshikov – 1 species
*'' Actidesmium'' Reinsch – 2 species
*'' Bicuspidellopsis'' Korshikov – 1 species
*'' Characiella'' Schmidle – 1 species
*'' Characiellopsis'' M.O.P.Iyengar – 2 species
*'' Characium'' A. Braun – 51 species
*'' Craniocystis'' – 1 species
*'' Deuterocharacium'' Petrý – 2 species
*'' Korshikoviella'' P.C.Silva – 5 species
*'' Lambertia'' Korshikov – 1 species
*'' Lanceola'' F.Hindák – 1 species
*'' Marthea'' Pascher – 1 species
*'' Pseudoschroederia'' Hegewald & Schnepf – 3 species
]
References
External links
Chlorophyceae families
Sphaeropleales
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