Closteriaceae

Closteriaceae
Closterium sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: 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]

Description

Closteriaceae consists of individual cells that are longer than wide. The cell shape ranges from straight to curved (lunate), with some species having cells curved only at the poles. The cell wall is hyaline or brownish in color, and may be covered with various ornamentation such as grooves, ribs, scores, and polar thickenings. Cells contain axial chloroplasts with several pyrenoids.[3]

References

  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.
  3. ^ Oliveira, Ivania B.; Bicudo, Carlos Eduardo de M.; Moura, & Carlos Wallace do N. (2013). "New records and rare taxa of Closterium and Spinoclosterium(Closteriaceae, Zygnematophyceae) to Bahia, Brazil". Iheringia, Série Botânica. 68 (1): 115–138.


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