Desmidiaceae

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

Genera
Genera accepted by AlgaeBase 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