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Chaetosphaeridium

Chaetosphaeridium is a genus of green algae. Several classifications have been proposed. Its traditional classification is in the order Coleochaetales, related to the genus Coleochaete. AlgaeBase places it in the order Chaetosphaeridiales.

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Chaetosphaeridium
Chaetosphaeridium globosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Charophyta
Class: Coleochaetophyceae
Order: Chaetosphaeridiales
Family: Chaetosphaeridiaceae
Genus: Chaetosphaeridium
Klebahn
Synonyms1

Nordstedtia Borzì, 1892

Chaetosphaeridium is a genus of green algae. Several classifications have been proposed. Its traditional classification is in the order Coleochaetales, related to the genus Coleochaete.23 AlgaeBase places it in the order Chaetosphaeridiales.4

Species

Species include:5

  • C. globosum (Nordst.) Kleb.
  • C. huberi
  • C. minus
  • C. ovalis G.M.Smith, 1916
  • C. pringsheimii Kleb.

GBIF only accepts Chaetosphaeridium globosum, Chaetosphaeridium ovalis and Chaetosphaeridium pringsheimii.1


References

References

  1. "Chaetosphaeridium Klebahn, 1892". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. Cook, M. E. (2004). "Cytokinesis in Coleochaete orbicularis (Charophyceae): an ancestral mechanism inherited by plants". American Journal of Botany. 91 (3): 313–20. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.3.313. PMID 21653388.
  3. Lewis, L. A & R. M. McCourt (2004). "Green algae and the origin of land plants". American Journal of Botany. 91 (10): 1535–1556. Bibcode:2004AmJB...91.1535L. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535. PMID 21652308.
  4. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Chaetosphaeridium". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
  5. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Chaetosphaeridium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-21.