Pleurotaenium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Charophyta
- Class
- Conjugatophyceae
- Order
- Zygnematales
- Family
- Desmidiaceae
- Genus
- Pleurotaenium
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Pleurotaenium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pleurotaenium
Pleurotaenium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the desmids (Desmidiaceae). It is a cosmopolitan genus, with about 50 species. Members of Pleurotaenium are found in freshwater habitats, and may be found in acidic, neutral or alkaline waters.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Actinotaenium
- Arthrodesmus
- Bambusina
- Cosmarium
- Cosmocladium
- Desmidium
- Docidium
- Euastrum
- Groenbladia
- Haplotaenium
- Heimansia
- Hyalotheca
- Micrasterias
- Octacanthium
- Onychonema
- Oocardium
- Phycastrum
- Phymatodocis
- Pleurotaenium
- Raphidiastrum
- Sphaerozosma
- Spinocosmarium
- Spondylosium
- Staurastrum
- Staurodesmus
- Teilingia
- Tetmemorus
- Triploceras
- Xanthidium
Child Taxa
- Pleurotaenium annulare
- Pleurotaenium archeri
- Pleurotaenium baculoides
- Pleurotaenium constrictum
- Pleurotaenium coronatum
- Pleurotaenium coroniferum
- Pleurotaenium cylindricum
- Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii
- Pleurotaenium eugeneum
- Pleurotaenium maximum
- Pleurotaenium multitaeniatum
- Pleurotaenium nodosum
- Pleurotaenium nodulosum
- Pleurotaenium ovatum
- Pleurotaenium sceptrum
- Pleurotaenium simplicissimum
- Pleurotaenium subcoronulatum
- Pleurotaenium trabecula
- Pleurotaenium truncatum
- Pleurotaenium verrucosum































































































































































