This is a list of
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
in the
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
class
Class or The Class may refer to:
Common uses not otherwise categorized
* Class (biology), a taxonomic rank
* Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects
* Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differentl ...
Trebouxiophyceae, sub-divided by
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
and
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
. Some genera have uncertain
taxonomic
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
placement and are listed as ''
incertae sedis''. Ranks without accepted subordinate taxa have been omitted. The list is based on the data available in
AlgaeBase, the
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagenc ...
(ITIS), the
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is approved and funded by the government of the United States. The ...
taxonomic database (NCBI), and other taxonomic databases.
Order
Chlorellales
The Chlorellales are an order of green algae in the class
Class or The Class may refer to:
Common uses not otherwise categorized
* Class (biology), a taxonomic rank
* Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects
...
Family
Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellaceae Data extracted from the
This genus includes some important emerging path ...
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Acanthosphaera
''Acanthosphaera'' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellacea ...
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Actinastrum
''Actinastrum'' is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.
Studies since 2002 have placed Actinastrum as either sister to or a subgrouping within Chlorella, a Charophyte green alga gen ...
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Apatococcus''
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Apodococcus''
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Auxenochlorella''
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Carolibrandtia''
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Catena
Catena (Latin for chain) or catenae (plural) may refer to:
Science
* ''Catena'' (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae
*Catena (linguistics) is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars
* Catena (computing), nu ...
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Chlorella
''Chlorella'' is a genus of about thirteen species of single-celled green algae belonging to the division Chlorophyta. The cells are spherical in shape, about 2 to 10 μm in diameter, and are without flagella. Their chloroplasts contain the ...
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Chloroparva''
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Closteriopsis
''Closteriopsis'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellaceae ...
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Compactochlorella''
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Coronacoccus''
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Coronastrum''
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Cylindrocelis''
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Dicellula
''Dicellula'' is a genus of green algae in the Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellaceae Data extra ...
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Dictyosphaerium
''Dictyosphaerium'' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorellaceae.
References
External links
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Chlorellaceae
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Didymogenes
''Didymogenes'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institute ...
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Fissuricella''
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Follicularia
''Follicularia'' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellaceae ...
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Geminella (alga), Geminella''
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Gloeotila
''Gloeotila'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...
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Golenkiniopsis
''Golenkiniopsis'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellaceae ...
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Hegewaldia''
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Helicosporidium
''Helicosporidium'' is a genus of colorless, pathogenic algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae of the green algae. It is a parasite found in the gut of insects, and a close relative of ''Prototheca
''Prototheca'' is a genus of algae in the family ...
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Heynigia''
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Hindakia''
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Hormospora''
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Kalenjinia''
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Keratococcus''
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Leptochlorella''
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Marasphaerium''
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Marinichlorella''
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Marvania''
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Masaia''
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Meyerella''
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Micractinium''
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Mucidosphaerium''
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Muriella''
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Nannochloris
''Nannochloris'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorellaceae
Chlorellaceae are a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.See the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI]webpage on Chlorellaceae ...
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Nanochlorum''
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Palmellochaete''
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Parachlorella''
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Planktochlorella''
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Podohedra''
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Prototheca
''Prototheca'' is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae. All the species within this genus, even though classified as green algae, have forfeited their photosynthetic ability and have switched to parasitism. Some species can cause the dise ...
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Pseudochloris''
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Pseudosiderocelopsis''
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Pumiliosphaera''
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Siderocelis''
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Zoochlorella''
Family Eremosphaeraceae
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Excentrosphaera''
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Neglectella''
Family
Oocystaceae
Oocystaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlorellales. The type genus is '' Oocystis''.
List of genera
, AlgaeBase accepted the following genera:
*'' Amphikrikos'' Korshikov – 6 species
*'' Catenocystis'' F.Hindák – 2 specie ...
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Amphikrikos
''Amphikrikos'' is a genus of algae in the family Oocystaceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Heal ...
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Catenocystis''
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Cerasterias''
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Chodatella''
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Chodatellopsis''
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Chondrosphaera''
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Coenolamellus''
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Conradia
''Conradia'' is a genus of very small sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conradiidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Conradia'' include:
* '' Conradia abyssa'' Rubio & Rolán, 2017
* '' Conradia carinata'' R ...
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Crucigeniella
''Crucigeniella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Oocystaceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...
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Cryocystis''
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Dactylococcus
''Dactylococcus'' is a genus of green algae in the family Oocystaceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...
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Didymocystis
''Didymocystis'' is a genus of green algae in the family Oocystaceae
Oocystaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlorellales. The type genus is '' Oocystis''.
List of genera
, AlgaeBase accepted the following genera:
*'' Amphikr ...
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Ecballocystopsis''
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Ecdysichlamys''
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Echinocoleum''
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Elongatocystis''
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Eremosphaera
''Eremosphaera'' is a genus of green algae in the family Oocystaceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...
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Ettliella''
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Fotterella''
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Franceia
''Franceia'' is a genus of green algae belonging to the family Oocystaceae.
The genus was first described by Ernst Lemmermann
Ernst Johann Lemmermann (27 May 1867 in Bremen – 11 May 1915 in Bremen) was a German botanist who specialize ...
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Glochiococcus''
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Gloeocystopsis''
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Gloeotaenium''
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Gloxidium''
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Granulocystis''
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Granulocystopsis''
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Hemichloris''
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Jaagichlorella''
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Juranyiella''
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Keriochlamys''
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Kirchneriellosaccus''
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Makinoella''
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Makinoelloideae''
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Micracantha''
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Mycacanthococcus''
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Mycotetraedron''
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Nephrochlamys''
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Nephrocytium''
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Oocystaenium''
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Oocystella''
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Oocystidium''
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Oocystis
''Oocystis'' is a planktonic genus of mostly freshwater green algae of the family Oocystaceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Oocystis Data extracted from the The type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is th ...
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Oocystopsis''
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Oonephris''
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Ooplanctella''
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Pachycladella''
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Palmellococcus''
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Pilidiocystis''
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Planctonema
''Planctonema'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institute ...
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Planctonemopsis''
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Planktosphaerella''
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Pseudobohlina''
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Pseudochlorococcum''
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Pseudococcomyxa''
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Quadricoccus''
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Rayssiella''
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Reinschiella''
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Rhombocystis''
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Saturnella''
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Schizochlamydella''
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Scotiella''
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Selenoderma''
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Sestosoma''
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Siderocystopsis''
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Tetrachlorella''
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Thelesphaera''
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Trigonidiella''
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Trochiscia''
Family ''incertae sedis''
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Ankistrodesmopsis''
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Picochlorum''
Order
Microthamniales
Microthamniaceae is a family of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Instit ...
*Family
Microthamniaceae
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Microthamnion
''Microthamnion'' is a genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and ...
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Order Phyllosiphonales
*Family
Phyllosiphonaceae
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Mysteriochloris''
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Phyllosiphon''
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Phytophysa''
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Polulichloris''
Order
Prasiolales
Prasiolales is an order of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Prasiolales Data extracted from the
Genera of uncertain placement to family:
*''Elliptochloris
''Elliptochloris'' is a genus of green algae in ...
Family
Koliellaceae
Koliellaceae is a family of green algae in the order Prasiolales
Prasiolales is an order of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Prasiolales Data extracted from the
Genera of uncertain placement to family:
*' ...
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Ekerewekia''
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Koliella
''Koliella'' is a genus of green algae in the order Prasiolales.
The genus name of ''Koliella'' is in honour of Erszébet (Elizabet) Kol (1897-1980), who was a Hungarian botanist (Mycology and Algology), who worked at the Hungarian National Muse ...
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Pseudochlorella
''Pseudochlorella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Koliellaceae.
Species
, AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass.
History
AlgaeBas ...
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Raphidonema''
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Raphidonemopsis''
Family
Prasiolaceae
Prasiolaceae is a family of green algae in the order Prasiolales.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of He ...
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Desmococcus''
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Diplosphaera
''Diplosphaera'' is a genus of green algae in the family Prasiolaceae
Prasiolaceae is a family of green algae in the order Prasiolales.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States Na ...
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Hormidium''
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Prasiococcus
''Prasiococcus'' is a genus of green algae in the family Prasiolaceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...
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Prasiola''
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Prasiolopsis
''Prasiolopsis'' is a genus of green algae in the family Prasiolaceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...
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Prasionella''
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Prasionema''
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Rosenvingiella
''Rosenvingiella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Prasiolaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Madroño vol.14 on page 41 in 1957.
The genus name of ''Rosenvingiella'' is in honour of Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolder ...
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Rosenvingiellopsis''
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Schizogonium''
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Stichococcus''
Family ''incertae sedis''
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Elliptochloris
''Elliptochloris'' is a genus of green algae in the order Prasiolales
Prasiolales is an order of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.See the NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United Sta ...
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Order
Trebouxiales
The Trebouxiales are an order of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae
The Trebouxiophyceae are a class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta. Their circumscription within the green algae is not well established due to the need for ...
Family Botryococcaceae
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Botryococcus
''Botryococcus'' is a genus of green algae. The cells form an irregularly shaped aggregate. Thin filaments connect the cells. The cell body is ovoid, 6 to 10 μm long, and 3 to 6 μm wide. Fossils of the genus are known since Precambrian times, a ...
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Caulodendron''
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Dichotomococcus''
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Elaeophyton''
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Selenodictyon''
Family Trebouxiaceae
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Asterochloris''
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Dictyochloropsis
''Dictyochloropsis'' is a genus of unicellular green alga of the phylum Chlorophyta. This genus consists of free-living algae which have a reticulate (net-like) chloroplast that varies slightly in morphology between species, and that when mature a ...
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Heterochlorella''
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Lobosphaera''
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Myrmecia
Myrmecia can refer to:
* ''Myrmecia'' (alga), genus of algae associated with lichens
* ''Myrmecia'' (ant), genus of ants called bulldog ants
* Myrmecia (skin), a kind of deep wart on the human hands or feet
See also
* '' Copromorpha myrmecias'' ...
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Parietochloris''
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Symbiochloris''
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Trebouxia
''Trebouxia'' is a unicellular green alga.Silverside, A. J. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.bioref.lastdragon.org/Chlorophyta/''Trebouxia''.html It is a photosynthetic organism that can exist in almost all habitats found in polar, tropical, and ...
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Trochisciopsis''
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Vulcanochloris''
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Watanabea''
Order '' incertae sedis''
Family Coccomyxaceae
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Choricystis
''Choricystis'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae, considered a characteristic picophytoplankton in freshwater ecosystems. ''Choricystis'', especially the type species ', has been proposed as an effective source of fatty aci ...
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Coccomyxa
''Coccomyxa'' is a genus of green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) h ...
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Dactylothece''
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Diogenes
Diogenes ( ; grc, Διογένης, Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, ) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy). He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea ...
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Dispora''
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Lusitania
Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and
a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ...
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Nannokloster''
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Palmogloea''
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Paradoxia''
Family Dictyosphaeriaceae
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Dactylosphaerium''
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Dimorphococcopsis''
Family
Micractiniaceae
Micractiniaceae is a family of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae. , AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass.
History
AlgaeBase began i ...
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Phythelios''
Family ''incertae sedis''
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Autumnella''
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Chloroidium''
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Chloropyrula''
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Crucigenia
''Crucigenia'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae
The Trebouxiophyceae are a class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta. Their circumscription within the green algae is not well established due to the need for more ...
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Desertella''
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Edaphochlorella''
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Eremochloris''
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Glaphyrella''
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Heveochlorella''
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Kalinella''
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Koliellopsis
''Koliellopsis'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae. , AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass.
History
AlgaeBase began i ...
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Lemmermannia''
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Leptosira
''Leptosira'' is a genus of green algae, in the class Trebouxiophyceae
The Trebouxiophyceae are a class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta. Their circumscription within the green algae is not well established due to the need for more ...
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lunachloris''
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Parachloroidium''
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Pseudomarvania''
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Rhopalosolen
''Rhopalosolen'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae
The Trebouxiophyceae are a class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta. Their circumscription within the green algae is not well established due to the need for mo ...
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Viridiella
''Viridiella'' is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae. , AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass.
History
AlgaeBase began in ...
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Xerochlorella''
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Xylochloris''
References
External links
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