Cosmoastrum punctulatum var. pygmaeum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Publication Details
Cosmoastrum punctulatum var. pygmaeum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 110, 582, pl. 22: figs 10-12

Published in: Palamar-Mordvintseva, G.M. (1982). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Zelenyye vodorosli. Klass Kon'yugaty. Poryadok Desmidiyevyye [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Desmidiales]. Vol. 11(2) pp. 620, 163 figures. Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1982

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cosmoastrum is Cosmoastrum polytrichum (Perty) Palamar-Mordvintseva.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurastrum punctulatum Brébisson.

Basionym
Staurastrum pygmaeum Brébisson ex Ralfs

Type Information
Type locality: Falaise; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Brébisson; (Index Nominum Algarum)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 12 March 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 May 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 May 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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