Tribonema

{{Short description|Genus of algae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tribonema 243223307.jpg

| taxon = Tribonema

| authority = Derbès & Solier, 1851

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Tribonema is a genus of filamentous, freshwater yellow-green algae.{{cite web

| last=Guiry|first=M.D.|last2=Guiry|first2=G.M.|year=2012

| title=Tribonema|work=AlgaeBase|publisher=World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway

| url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=39879|accessdate= 2012-07-28}}{{cite book|last=Pearson|first=Lorentz C.|title=The diversity and evolution of plants|year=1995|publisher=CRC Press|location=Boca Raton, Fla.|isbn=978-0849324833|pages=293}} The holotype for the genus is the species Tribonema bombycina (C.Agardh) Derbès & Solier.

Species recorded from Ireland include: Tribonema affine (G.S.West) G.S. West; T. minus (G.A. Klebs) Hazen and T. viride Pascher.Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F and McCarthy, T.K. (ed) 2007. New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. {{ISBN|978-1-904890-31-7}}