Cosmarium humile Nordstedt ex De Toni 1889

Publication Details
Cosmarium humile Nordstedt ex De Toni 1889: 965

Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1889). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. I. Chlorophyceae. pp. [3]-12, [i]-cxxxix, 1-1315. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

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Publication date: 25 July 1889

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

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
France: Mares de Roquehaute ( Euastrum humile Gay);

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), low, low-growing (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 08 September 2020

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Nomenclatural note
As Euastrum humile F. Gay, the supposed basionym, was superfluous at the time of publication and thus illegitimate, Cosmarium humile is treated as a new name. - (01 May 2009) - M.D. Guiry

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