Raphidiastrum pungens (Brébisson) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Publication Details
Raphidiastrum pungens (Brébisson) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 119, 583, pl. 24: fig. 7

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 Raphidiastrum is Raphidiastrum brasiliense (Nordstedt) Palamar-Mordvintseva.

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

Source of Synonymy
Ralfs, J. (1848). The British Desmidieae The drawings by Edward Jenner, A.L.S. pp. [i]-xxii, [i], [1]-226, 35 pls. London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve, King William Street, Strand.

Basionym
Staurastrum pungens Brébisson

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), sharp-pointed, pricking, piercing, terminating in a hard sharp point (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 June 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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