Bacillariaceae
| Bacillariaceae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Bacillariales 1937 sensu emend. |
| Family: | Bacillariaceae Ehrenb. |
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms in the phylum Heterokontophyta,[1] the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as Nitzchia are found in halophilic environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.[2]
Genera[]
This family includes these genera:[3]
- Bacillaria Gmelin
- Rabenh.
- Hustedt in et al.
- Denticula Kütz.
- and , 1961
- Fragilariopsis Hustedt in
- Hantzschia Grunow
- and
- Nitzschia Hassall
- Pseudo-nitzschia in and
See also[]
References[]
- ^ ITIS, 2008
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
- ^ "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb".
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