Cosmoastrum wellipticum Tomaszewicz 1988
Publication Details
Cosmoastrum wellipticum Tomaszewicz 1988: 68
Published in: Tomaszewicz, G.H. (1988). Desmidie Torfowisk Przejsciowych Niziny Srodkowomazowieckiej [Desmids of the transitional bogs of the Middle Mazowsze Lowland]. Monographiae Botanicae [Warsaw] 70: 1-86.
Request PDFType 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 lapponicum var. ellipticum (Wille) Grönblad.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 June 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
