Chaetosphaeridium

Chaetosphaeridium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Charophyta
Order:	Coleochaetales
Genus:	Chaetosphaeridium Klebahn, 1892

Chaetosphaeridium is a genus of green algae. Although several classifications have been proposed, the bulk of the evidence supports its traditional classification in the order Coleochaetales, related to the genus Coleochaete.^[1][2]

Species

Species include:^[3]

• C. globosum
• C. huberi
• C. ovalis
• C. pringsheimii

References

1. ^ Cook, M. E. (2004). "Cytokinesis in Coleochaete orbicularis (Charophyceae): an ancestral mechanism inherited by plants". American Journal of Botany 91 (3): 313–20. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.3.313. PMID 21653388. 
2. ^ Lewis, L. A & R. M. McCourt (2004). "Green algae and the origin of land plants". American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1535–1556. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/91/10/1535. 
3. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Chaetosphaeridium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43508. Retrieved 2009-02-21.