Achnanthes | |
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Album général des Cryptogames, Pl. 326. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | Mastogloiales |
Family: | Achnanthaceae |
Genus: | Achnanthes de Saint-Vincent, 1822 |
Extant species | |
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Achnanthes is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Achnanthaceae.[1]
The genus was described in 1822 by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
Species: