Cosmoastrum muticum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Publication Details
Cosmoastrum muticum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 85, 578, pl. 15: figs 8, 9

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 muticum Brébisson ex Ralfs.

Source of Synonymy
Ettl, H. & Gärtner, G. (1995). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen. pp. i-vii, 1-721. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.

Basionym
Staurastrum muticum Brébisson ex Ralfs

Type Information
Type locality: Britain: Dolgelley and Penzance (Ralfs); Ambleside (Sidebotham); Falaise (Brébisson); Italy (Meneghini); (INA 1996)see above in brackets;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), without a point, awnless, blunt (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 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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