Euastrum botrytis (Meneghini ex Ralfs) Nägeli 1849

Publication Details
Euastrum botrytis (Meneghini ex Ralfs) Nägeli 1849: 114, 119

Published in: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.

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Publication date: before July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euastrum is Euastrum ansatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs.

Source of Synonymy
Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.

Basionym
Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2018

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Taxonomic note
Binomial also prososed by Ehrenberg, 1838: 163, Infusionsthierchen, with Basionym Heterocarpella botrytis Bory 1825, but it was devalidated, pre-starting point. Its Current Name is Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs 1848 (INA) - (16 January 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025

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