Definition of Family Desmidiaceae

1. Noun. Unicellular algae.

Exact synonyms: Desmidiaceae
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Family
Group relationships: Charophyceae, Class Charophyceae
Member holonyms: Desmidium, Genus Desmidium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Desmidiaceae

family Dactyloscopidae
family Danaidae
family Dasyatidae
family Dasypodidae
family Dasyproctidae
family Dasyuridae
family Dasyurinae
family Daubentoniidae
family Davalliaceae
family Delphinidae
family Dematiaceae
family Dendrocolaptidae
family Dennstaedtiaceae
family Dermestidae
family Dermochelyidae
family Desmidiaceae (current term)
family Desmodontidae
family Diapensiaceae
family Diaspididae
family Dicamptodontidae
family Dicranaceae
family Didelphidae
family Dilleniaceae
family Dinornithidae
family Diodontidae
family Diomedeidae
family Dioscoreaceae
family Dipodidae
family Dipsacaceae

Literary usage of Family Desmidiaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"... particularly m the family Desmidiaceae, of which I have given a natural classification. In those facts lie the main differences between the ..."

2. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1860)
"IN bringing forward the accompanying drawings, illustrative of the production in the family Desmidiaceae of what I believe to be Zoospores,—while I have to ..."

3. The Natural History of the Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Institute (1849-1914), J H Faull (1913)
"family Desmidiaceae. Fifty-six species are listed by Mackenzie—all from Ashbridge's Bay, High Park, Don Valley and Humber Valley. ..."

4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1902)
"Family, Desmidiaceae. Desmids are quite common in ponds and lakes and species of Closterium can usually be found in the sediments at the bottom, ..."

5. A Laboratory Manual of High School Botany by Frederic Edward Clements, Irving Samuel Cutter (1900)
"family Desmidiaceae 10. Closterium lanceolatum: draw one cell, paying especial attention to the structure; each plant is ..."

6. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1907)
"Many of these belong to the family Desmidiaceae, in which the Scottish plankton is remarkably rich. Three species, viz., Staurastrum ..."

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