Zygnematophyceae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Charophyta
Classis: Zygnematophyceae
Subclasses: Spirogloeophycidae – Zygnematophycidae
Ordines: Desmidiales – Serritaeniales – Spirogloeales – Spirogyrales – Zygnematales

Name

Zygnematophyceae Haeckel, Nat. Schöpfungs-Gesch. ed. 8: 462, 461, 435. 1889 (“Zygnemaceae”)

Synonyms

Descriptive:
- Akontae Blackman & Tansley, 1902
- Gamophyceae
- Zygophyceae Widder, 1960
Homotypic
- Zygnemaphyceae Round, 1971, orth. err.
Heterotypic
- Conjugatophyceae Bessey, Botany: 225. 1880 (“Conjugatae”)
- Cosmariophyceae Haeckel, Nat. Schöpfungs-Gesch. ed. 8: 452. 1889 (“Cosmariae”)
- Desmidiophyceae Haeckel, Kunst-Form. Natur: ad tab. 24 [1]. 1899 (“Desmidiacea”)
- Saccodermae Pascher ex Kossinskaja, 1952

Alternative classifications

Hess et al., 2022

Hess, S.; Williams, Shelby K.; Busch, A.; Irisarri, Iker; Delwiche, Charles F.; de Vries, Sophie; Darienko, Tatyana; Roger, Andrew J.; Archibald, John M.; Buschmann, Henrik; Schwartzenberg, Klaus von; de Vries, J. (2022-09-01). "A phylogenomically informed five-order system for the closest relatives of land plants". Current Biology 32 (20): 4473–4482.e7. Bibcode:2022CBio...32E4473H. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.022 ISSN 0960-9822. PMC 9632326. PMID 36055238.Reference page.
Class Zygnematophyceae
- Ordo Spirogloeales
  - Familia Spirogloeaceae
    - Genus Spirogloea
- Ordo Serritaeniales
  - Familia Serritaeniaceae
    - Genera Serritaenia and Mougeotiopsis
- Ordo Zygnematales
  - Familia Zygnemataceae
    - Genera Cylindrocystis, Mesotaenium, Mougeotia, Zygnema, and Zygnemopsis
- Ordo Desmidiales
  - Familia Desmidiaceae
    - Genera (multiple genera)
- Ordo Spirogyrales
  - Familia (not listed)
    - Genus Spirogyra (and possibly Sirogonium)

References

Primary references

Haeckel, E. 1889. Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte, 8th edition.

Additional references

Cheng, Shifeng; Xian, Wenfei; Fu, Yuan; Marin, Birger; Keller, Jean; Wu, Tian; Sun, Wenjing; Li, Xiuli; Xu, Yan; Zhang, Yu; Wittek, Sebastian; Reder, Tanja; Günther, Gerd; Gontcharov, A.; Wang, Sibo; Li, Linzhou; Liu, Xin; Wang, Jian; Yang, Huanming; Xu, Xun; Delaux, Pierre-Marc; Melkonian, Barbara; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Melkonian, M. (2019). "Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution". Cell 179 (5): 1057–1067.e14. Bibcode:2019Cell..179.1057C. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.019. PMID 31730849.Reference page.
Guiry, M.D. (2013). Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Conjugatophyceae (=Zygnematophyceae). Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 28: 1-29.
Hall, J.D.; McCourt, R. (2017). Zygnematophyta. In: Archibald, J.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Slamovits, C. (Eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Springer, pp. 1-29. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32669-6_41-2
Hess, S.; Williams, Shelby K.; Busch, A.; Irisarri, Iker; Delwiche, Charles F.; de Vries, Sophie; Darienko, Tatyana; Roger, Andrew J.; Archibald, John M.; Buschmann, Henrik; Schwartzenberg, Klaus von; de Vries, J. (2022-09-01). "A phylogenomically informed five-order system for the closest relatives of land plants". Current Biology 32 (20): 4473–4482.e7. Bibcode:2022CBio...32E4473H. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.022 ISSN 0960-9822. PMC 9632326. PMID 36055238.Reference page.
van den Hoek, C.; Mann, D.G.; & Jahns, H.M. (1995) Algae: An Introduction to Phycology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 461.

Links

Zygnematophyceae – Taxon details on AlgaeBase.