Name:		Spirogyra Link apud Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D., Horae Physicae Berolin. 5 (1820) page 16-20 [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Zygnemataceae Kützing [Family] Chlorophyceae Wille [Class] Chlorophyta A. Pascher [Division / Phylum] Chromista Cavalier-Smith [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Spirogyra affinis (Hassall) Petit Spirogyra crassa (Kützing) Kützing Spirogyra densa Kützing Spirogyra lubrica Kützing Spirogyra nitida (Dillwyn) Link Spirogyra orthospira Nägeli
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (54 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]