Staurastrum okavangicum Coesel & Van Geest 2009
Publication Details
Staurastrum okavangicum Coesel & Van Geest 2009: 27, figs 38-40 [type: fig. 39]
Published in: Coesel, P.F.M. & Van Geest, A. (2009). Taxonomic and biogeographical notes on Okavango desmids (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) II: genera Cosmarium, Xanthidium and Staurastrum. Systematics and Geography of Plants 79(1): 15-31, 45 figs.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Staurastrum is Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "water course near Chief’s Island (sample nr. 1)"; (Coesel & Van Geest 2009: 27) Typus: figura nostra 39.: P.F.M. Coesel; 3 October 2006; Amsterdam University herbarium; plankton collection # 2006.42 (Coesel & Van Geest 2009: 27)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 04 March 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 07 January 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
