Mesotaeniaceae

Mesotaeniaceae
	Cylindrocystis brebissonii
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
Order:	Zygnematales
Family:	Mesotaeniaceae; Oltmanns
Genera
	Ancylonema; Cylindrocystis; Geniculus; Mesotaenium; Netrium; Nucleotaenium; Planotaenium; Roya; Tortitaenia;

The Mesotaeniaceae are a small family of unicellular green algae known as the "saccoderm desmids". The Mesotaeniaceae appear to be sister or ancestral to the Zygnemataceae. The desmids are a deep branching group of Zygnemataceae. Spirotaenia was found to be a basal green alga.^[1]

Genera

The Mesotaeniaceae includes the following genera:^[2]

Ancylonema Berggren, 1872
Cylindrocystis Meneghini ex De Bary, 1858
Geniculus Prescott, 1967
Mesotaenium Nägeli, 1849
Netrium (Nägeli) Itzigsohn & Rothe, 1856
Nucleotaenium Gontcharov & Melkonian, 2010
Planotaenium (Ohtani) Petlovany & Palamar-Mordvintseva, 2009
Roya West & G.S.West, 1896
Tortitaenia A.J.Brook, 1998

Synonyms:

Endospira Brébisson, nom. inval., is a synonym of Spirotaenia
Entospira Kuntze, 1898 is a synonym of Spirotaenia
Polytaenia A.J.Brook, 1997, nom. illeg., is a synonym of Tortitaenia

References

^ Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2018). "Plastid phylogenomic analysis of green plants: A billion years of evolutionary history". American Journal of Botany. 105 (3): 291–301. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 29603143.
^ Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. Retrieved 2016-09-18.

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[1] Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Soltis, Douglas E. (2018). "Plastid phylogenomic analysis of green plants: A billion years of evolutionary history". American Journal of Botany. 105 (3): 291–301. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1048. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 29603143.

[2] Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. (2016). "AlgaeBase". National University of Ireland. Retrieved 2016-09-18.

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