Penium emend. Kouwets et Coesel, 1984
(a genus of desmids)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPenium (a genus of desmids)
FamilyPENIACEAE (a family of saccoderm desmids)
OrderDESMIDIALES (desmids)
ClassZYGNEMATOPHYCEAE (desmids and filamentous charophycean algae)
Division Charophyta (stoneworts, desmids, charaphytes etc, charophytes)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brook, A.J. & Williamson, D.B. 2010 A Monograph on some British Desmids 172, 364pp, The Ray Society, London

Penium (a genus of desmids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Penium (a genus of desmids)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Penium (a genus of desmids)
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