Scenedesmaceae is a family 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 alga as ...
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 ...
. ''Scenedesmus'' algae are commonly found in freshwater
plankton. The former family Coelastraceae is considered a synonym of Scenedesmaceae.
Genera
Genera in this family include:
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Acutodesmus''
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Asterarcys''
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Astrocladium''
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Chodatodesmus''
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Closteriococcus''
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Coelastrella
''Coelastrella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae
Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. ''Scenedesmus'' algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastracea ...
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Coelastropsis''
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Coelastrum''
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Comasiella''
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Crucigeniopsis''
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Danubia
Danubia refers to a loosely defined region that roughly coincides with the Danube river basin in Central and Eastern Europe. It stretches from the Black Forest of Germany in the west to the Black Sea in the east, covering parts of twenty countri ...
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Desmodesmus
''Desmodesmus'' is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae. It is the only chlorophyll-containing organism known to have caused human infections in immunocompetent
In immunology, immunocompetence is the ability of the body to prod ...
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Dimorphococcus
''Dimorphococcus'' is a genus of fresh water 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 plant ...
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Enallax
''Enallax'' is a genus 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) ha ...
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Flechtneria''
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Gilbertsmithia
''Gilbertsmithia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae
Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. ''Scenedesmus'' algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastrace ...
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Hariotina''
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Hofmania''
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Hylodesmus''
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Komarekia''
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Lauterborniella''
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Neodesmus''
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Pectinodesmus''
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Pseudodidymocystis''
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Pseudotetrastrum''
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Scenedesmus''
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Schistochilium''
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Schmidledesmus''
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Schroederiella''
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Scotiellopsis''
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Soropediastrum''
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Staurogenia''
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Steinedesmus''
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Tetradesmus
''Tetradesmus'' is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae.
History
The genus ''Tetradesmus'' was described by Gilbert Morgan Smith for ''Tetradesmus wisconsinensis
''Tetradesmus'' is a genus of green algae in the family Scenede ...
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Tetrallantos''
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Tetranephris''
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Tetrastrum''
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Truncatulus''
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Verrucodesmus''
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Westella
''Westella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae
Scenedesmaceae is a family of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. ''Scenedesmus'' algae are commonly found in freshwater plankton. The former family Coelastraceae is ...
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Westellopsis''
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Willea
''Westella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Oocystaceae
Oocystaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlorellales. The type genus is '' Oocystis''.
List of genera
, AlgaeBase accepted the following genera:
*'' Amphikriko ...
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Yadavaea''
References
External links
Chlorophyceae families
Sphaeropleales
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