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Zygnema
Sign in to saveZygnema is a genus of freshwater filamentous thalloid alga comprising about 100 species. A terrestrial species, Z. terrestre, is known from India. Zygnema grows as a free-floating mass of filaments, although young plants may be found anchored to streambeds with a holdfast. The filaments form a yellow-green to bright green colored tangled mat, and are composed of elongate barrel-shaped cells, each with two star-shaped (stellate) chloroplasts arrayed along the axis of the cell.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumCharophyta
- ClassZygnematophyceae
- OrderZygnematales
- FamilyZygnemataceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 916
- With media
- 497
- Family
- Zygnemataceae
- Collections
- NY, US, MICH, FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Germany, Czech Republic, Mexico, Canada, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zygnemataceae
- Image
- 20100417 005205 Zygnema.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zygnema
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Zygnema
- taxon common name
- ホシミドロ属
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Zygnema is a genus of freshwater filamentous thalloid alga comprising about 100 species. A terrestrial species, Z. terrestre, is known from India. Zygnema grows as a free-floating mass of filaments, although young plants may be found anchored to streambeds with a holdfast. The filaments form a yellow-green to bright green colored tangled mat, and are composed of elongate barrel-shaped cells, each with two star-shaped (stellate) chloroplasts arrayed along the axis of the cell.
== Species ==
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