Family of algae
The Desmidiaceae are one of four families of charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids).[2]
Genera
Genera accepted by AlgaeBase as of February 2022[update] were:[1]
- Actinodontum Alfinito & Coesel – 3 species
- Actinotaenium (Nägeli) Teiling – 57 species
- Allorgeia Gauthier-Lièvre ex Guiry & Coesel – 2 species
- Amscottia Grönblad – 2 species
- Bambusina Kützing ex Kützing – 6 species
- Bourellyodesmus Compère – 8 species
- Brachytheca Gontcharov & Watanabe – 2 species
- Calocylindrus (Nägeli) O.Kirchner – 3 species
- Cosmaridium F.Gay – 1 species
- Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs – 1063 species
- Cosmocladium Brébisson – 8 species
- Croasdalea C.E.M.Bicudo & Mercante – 1 species
- Cruciangulum D.B.Williamson – 1 species
- Desmidium C.Agardh ex Ralfs – 21 species
- Docidium Brébisson ex Ralfs – 37 species
- Euastridium West & G.S.West – 3 species
- Euastrum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 324 species
- Groenbladia Teiling – 4 species
- Haplotaenium Bando – 3 species
- Heimansia Coesel – 2 species
- Hyalotheca Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 12 species
- Ichthyocercus West & G.S.West – 6 species
- Ichthyodontum A.M.Scott & Prescott – 1 species
- Mateola R.Salisbury – 2 species
- Micrasterias C.Agardh ex Ralfs – 93 species
- Onychonema Wallich – 2 species
- Oocardium Nägeli – 2 species
- Pachyphorium Palamar-Mordintseva – 2 species
- Phymatodocis Nordstedt – 3 species
- Pleurotaeniopsis (P.Lundell) Lagerheim – 4 species
- Pleurotaenium Nägeli – 85 species
- Prescottiella C.E.M.Bicudo – 1 species
- Sphaerozosma Corda ex Ralfs – 19 species
- Spinocosmarium Prescott & A.M.Scott – 2 species
- Spondylosium Brébisson ex Kützing – 31 species
- Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs – 702 species
- Staurodesmus Teiling – 80 species
- Streptonema Wallich – 3 species
- Teilingia Bourrelly – 8 species
- Tetmemorus Ralfs ex Ralfs – 9 species
- Trapezodesmus Kufferath – 1 species
- Triplastrum M.O.P.Iyengar & Ramanathan – 3 species
- Triploceras Bailey – 6 species
- Vincularia K.Fuciková & J.Kastovsky – 1 species
- Xanthidium Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 119 species
