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Phycastrum Kützing ex Kützing, 1849 
AphiaID: 601944

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Streptophyta (Infrakingdom) > Charophyta (Phylum) > Zygnematophyceae (Class) > Zygnematales (Order) > Desmidiaceae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Desmidiaceae Ralfs, 1848
Source  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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Species Phycastrum asperum Perty, 1849 accepted as Staurastrum ornatum var. asperum (J.A.M.Perty) Schmidle, 1896
Species Phycastrum crenulatum Nägeli accepted as Staurastrum crenulatum (Nägeli) Delponte, 1877
Species Phycastrum cristatum Nägeli, 1849 accepted as Staurastrum cristatum (Nägeli) W.Archer, 1861
Species Phycastrum cuspidatum (Brébisson) Kützing, 1845 accepted as Staurodesmus cuspidatus (Brébisson) Teiling, 1967
Species Phycastrum denticulatum Nägeli, 1849 accepted as Staurastrum denticulatum (Nägeli) W.Archer, 1861
Species Phycastrum muricatum (Brébisson) Kützing, 1849 accepted as Staurastrum hirsutum var. muricatum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Kurt Förster, 1970
Species Phycastrum paradoxum (Meyen) Kützing, 1845 accepted as Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen, 1829 accepted as Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs, 1848
Species Phycastrum pilosum Nägeli, 1849 accepted as Staurastrum pilosum (Nägeli) W.Archer., 1861
Species Phycastrum polytrichum Perty, 1852 accepted as Staurastrum polytrichum (Perty) Rabenhorst, 1868
Species Phycastrum striolatum Nägeli accepted as Staurastrum striolatum (Nägeli) W.Archer, 1861
Link Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:601944
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2012-07-02 09:46:11Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Phycastrum Kützing ex Kützing, 1849. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=601944 on 2013-05-23
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