Zygnematophyceae

Conjugation in Spirogyra sp.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Charophyta
Classis: Zygnematophyceae
Ordines: Desmidiales - Zygnematales

Name

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

Synonyms

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”)

Conjugatophycidae O.R. Willis, in Alph.Wood & O.R. Willis, New Amer. Bot. Florist, rev. ed.: 201. 1890 (“Conjugatae”), pro subclass

• Zygnemophyceae orth. error

References

• van den Hoek, C.; Mann, D.G.; & Jahns, H.M. (1995) Algae: An Introduction to Phycology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 461.