Closteriaceae

Closteriaceae
Closterium sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Zygnematophyceae
Order: Desmidiales
Family: Closteriaceae
Genera

The Closteriaceae are one of four families of Charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids).[1] It contains two genera, Closterium and Spinoclosterium.[2]

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Closteriaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Guiry, Michael D. (2013). "Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Conjugatophyceae (= Zygnematophyceae)". Algae. 28: 1–29. doi:10.4490/algae.2013.28.1.001. hdl:10379/11755.