Microsporaceae
TaxonMicrosporaceae
AuthorityBohlin
Subdivision ranksGenera
Subdivision

Microsporaceae are a family of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae.[1]

The family Microsporaceae consists of two genera, Microspora and Flintia, which form a clade according to molecular data. Microspora is a filamentous genus, while Flintia is a coccoid organism.[2]

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Microsporaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Štenclová, Lenka & Fučíková, Karolina (2019). "Dispora speciosa, a new addition to the genus Parallela and the first coccoid member of the family Microsporaceae". Phytotaxa. 419 (1): 63–76. Bibcode:2019Phytx.419...63S. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.419.1.4