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Family of algae

Feistiellaceae
Nitellopsis obtusa, included in some circumscriptions of the family
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Charophyceae
Order: Charales
Family: Feistiellaceae
Schudack
Genera

See text.

Feistiellaceae is a family of freshwater green algae in the order Charales.

Genera

As of February 2022, AlgaeBase and Fossilworks accepted three genera:

With this circumscription, the family as a whole is not extinct, since Nitellopsis contains living (extant) species, including the widely dispersed Nitellopsis obtusa. Other sources place Nitellopsis in the family Characeae, leaving Feistiellaceae with only extinct genera.

References

  1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M., "Feistiellaceae", AlgaeBase, World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway, retrieved 2022-02-21
  2. "†family Feistiellaceae Schudack 1993", Fossilworks, retrieved 2022-02-21
  3. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M, "Nitellopsis obtusa", AlgaeBase, World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway, retrieved 2022-02-21
  4. "Characeae Agardh", Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG), retrieved 2022-02-20
  5. "Nitellopsis Hy", NBN Atlas, retrieved 2022-02-21
Taxon identifiers
Feistiellaceae


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