Cosmoastrum orbiculare (Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvinseva 1982

Staurastrum orbiculare Meneghini ex Ralfs

Current name: Staurastrum orbiculare Meneghini ex Ralfs
Collected by Sue Knight. Burbage Valley, Derbyshire, UK - 22 March 2010. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Cosmoastrum orbiculare (Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvinseva 1982: 83, pl. 15: figs. 1-6

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 orbiculare Meneghini ex Ralfs.

Basionym
Staurastrum orbiculare Meneghini ex Ralfs

Type Information
Type locality: Britain; Germany; France, New York, U.S.A.; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), orbicular (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 April 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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