Mesotaeniaceae

Mesotaeniaceae
Cylindrocystis brebissonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
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:

• EndospiraBrébisson, nom. inval., is a synonym of Spirotaenia
• Entospira Kuntze, 1898 is a synonym of Spirotaenia
• PolytaeniaA.J.Brook, 1997, nom. illeg., is a synonym of Tortitaenia

References

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.