Desmidiaceae

The Desmidiaceae are one of four families of charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids).

Desmidiaceae
Micrasterias sp.
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Zygnematophyceae
Order:	Desmidiales
Family:	Desmidiaceae Ralfs
Genera
See text.

Genera accepted by AlgaeBase as of February 2022^[update] were:

• Actinodontum Alfinito & Coesel – 3 species
• Actinotaenium (Nägeli) Teiling – 57 species
• Allorgeia Gauthier-Lièvre ex Guiry & Coesel – 2 species
• Amscottia Grönblad – 2 species
• Bambusina Kützing ex Kützing – 6 species
• Bourellyodesmus Compère – 8 species
• Brachytheca Gontcharov & Watanabe – 2 species
• Calocylindrus (Nägeli) O.Kirchner – 3 species
• Cosmaridium F.Gay – 1 species
• Cosmarium Corda ex Ralfs – 1063 species
• Cosmocladium Brébisson – 8 species
• Croasdalea C.E.M.Bicudo & Mercante – 1 species
• Cruciangulum D.B.Williamson – 1 species
• Desmidium C.Agardh ex Ralfs – 21 species
• Docidium Brébisson ex Ralfs – 37 species
• Euastridium West & G.S.West – 3 species
• Euastrum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 324 species
• Groenbladia Teiling – 4 species
• Haplotaenium Bando – 3 species
• Heimansia Coesel – 2 species
• Hyalotheca Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 12 species
• Ichthyocercus West & G.S.West – 6 species
• Ichthyodontum A.M.Scott & Prescott – 1 species
• Mateola R.Salisbury – 2 species
• Micrasterias C.Agardh ex Ralfs – 93 species
• Onychonema Wallich – 2 species
• Oocardium Nägeli – 2 species
• Pachyphorium Palamar-Mordintseva – 2 species
• Phymatodocis Nordstedt – 3 species
• Pleurotaeniopsis (P.Lundell) Lagerheim – 4 species
• Pleurotaenium Nägeli – 85 species
• Prescottiella C.E.M.Bicudo – 1 species
• Sphaerozosma Corda ex Ralfs – 19 species
• Spinocosmarium Prescott & A.M.Scott – 2 species
• Spondylosium Brébisson ex Kützing – 31 species
• Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs – 702 species
• Staurodesmus Teiling – 80 species
• Streptonema Wallich – 3 species
• Teilingia Bourrelly – 8 species
• Tetmemorus Ralfs ex Ralfs – 9 species
• Trapezodesmus Kufferath – 1 species
• Triplastrum M.O.P.Iyengar & Ramanathan – 3 species
• Triploceras Bailey – 6 species
• Vincularia K.Fuciková & J.Kastovsky – 1 species
• Xanthidium Ehrenberg ex Ralfs – 119 species