Zygnematophyceae –
Archaeplastida
Illustrated Key for
Desmids (Zygnematophyceae)
Orders of Zygnematophyceae according to Hess et al.: A phylogenomically informed five-order system for
the closest relatives of land plants. Current Biology 32, 4473–4482, 2022.
Zygnematophyceae/Serritaeniales/
Serritaeniaceae
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/
Desmidiaceae (coccoid part, genera with elongated cells)
cucurbitinum
cucurbita
cucurbita
cucurbita
undulatum
undulatum
brebissonii
granulatus
var. granulatus
laevis
var. laevis
polymorphum
polymorphum
spirostriolatum
kinahanii
rectum
trabecula
var. elongatum
crenulatum
ehrenbergii
trabecula
var. trabecula
truncatum
digitus
digitus
digitus
var. lamellosum
digitus
var. latum
oblongum
interruptum
cucurbitinum
cucurbita
cucurbita
cucurbita
undulatum
undulatum
brebissonii
granulatus
var. granulatus
laevis
var. laevis
polymorphum
polymorphum
spirostriolatum
kinahanii
rectum
trabecula
var. elongatum
crenulatum
ehrenbergii
trabecula
var. trabecula
truncatum
digitus
digitus
digitus
var. lamellosum
digitus
var. latum
oblongum
interruptum
Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/
Desmidiaceae (filamentous part)
borreri
borreri
borreri
cyst
grevillei
grevillei
grevillei
swartzii
dissiliens
dissiliens
minor
mucosa
var. laevicincta
pulchellum
borreri
borreri
borreri
cyst
grevillei
grevillei
grevillei
swartzii
dissiliens
dissiliens
minor
mucosa
var. laevicincta
pulchellum
Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/
Zygnemataceae (coccoid part)
brebissonii
brebissonii
crassa
chlamydosporum
brebissonii
brebissonii
crassa
chlamydosporum
Zygnematophyceae/Zygnematales/
Zygnemataceae (filamentous part)
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
Zygnematophyceae/Spirogyrales/
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
spec.
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