Feistiellaceae

Feistiellaceae is a family of freshwater green algae in the order Charales.[1]

Feistiellaceae
Nitellopsis obtusa, included in some circumscriptions of the family
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Charophyceae
Order: Charales
Family: Feistiellaceae
Schudack[1]
Genera

See text.

Genera

As of February 2022, AlgaeBase and Fossilworks accepted three genera:[1][2]

  • †Amblyochara Grambast – 6 species
  • †Feistiella Schudack – 8 species
  • Nitellopsis Hy – 24 species

With this circumscription, the family as a whole is not extinct, since Nitellopsis contains living (extant) species, including the widely dispersed Nitellopsis obtusa.[3] Other sources place Nitellopsis in the family Characeae,[4][5] 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


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