Staurastrum enorme Ralfs 1848

Current name: Pseudostaurastrum enorme (Ralfs) Chodat
Location: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria) - 01 October 2019. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Publication Details
Staurastrum enorme Ralfs 1848: 140, pl. XXXIII [33]: fig. 11

Published in: Ralfs, J. (1848). The British Desmidieae The drawings by Edward Jenner, A.L.S. pp. [i]-xxii, [i], [1]-226, 35 pls. London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve, King William Street, Strand.

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Publication date: 1 Jan 1848

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Staurastrum is Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudostaurastrum enorme (Ralfs) Chodat.

Source of Synonymy
Chodat, R. (1921). Algues de la région du Grand St-Bernard. I. Algues rares ou nouvelles du Plan de Jupiter. II. Sur la place à attribuer aux genres Tetraedron et Polyedrium. Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de Genève, série 2 12(2): 293-305, 10 figures.

Type Information
Type locality: Dolgelley; (INA 1996) Type: Ralfs; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), irregular, unusual, huge, vast (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025