Cosmarium cucurbita var. palangula (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Klebs 1879

Publication Details
Cosmarium cucurbita var. palangula (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Klebs 1879: 29

Published in: Klebs, G. (1879). Über die Formen einiger Gattungen der Desmidaceen Ostpreussens. Inaug. Disser. Schriften der Königlichen Physicalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 22: 1-42, 3 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cosmarium is Cosmarium undulatum Corda ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Actinotaenium palangula (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Teiling.

Source of Synonymy
Teiling, E. (1954). Actinotaenium, genus desmidiacearum resuscitatum. Botanisk Notiser 4: 376-426.

Basionym
Cosmarium palangula Brébisson ex Ralfs

Type Information
France (Falaise);

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), gourd; dolt; may be intended as the genus Cucurbita, squash, gourd, etc..

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 06 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 03 July 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 July 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025

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