• Source: Bambusina
  • Bambusina is a genus of freshwater green algae in the family Desmidiaceae. Bambusina is a cosmopolitan genus, typically associated with acidic and oligotrophic waters. Species of this genus, particularly B. borreri, have been reported in all continents except Antarctica.


    Taxonomy


    There are currently 8 accepted species in Bambusina. The type species for this genus is Bambusina borreri (Ralfs) Cleve 1864, although it was first was described as Bambusina brebissonii by Kützing in 1849 and separately as Desmidium borreri by John Ralfs in 1848.


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