Algae
Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)
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The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Desmidiaceae
Staurastrum contectum W.B.Turner
, legitimate , scientific
Turner, W. (1892) , Algae aquae dulcis Indiae orientalis. The freshwater algae (principally Desmidieae) of East India. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar 25(5) :
111, pl. XV, fig. 20
[tax. nov.]
Type locality:
Bengal: Wallich
Turner, W. (1892) , Algae aquae dulcis Indiae orientalis. The freshwater algae (principally Desmidieae) of East India. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar 25(5) :
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[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Staurastrum quadrangulare var. contectum ( W.B.Turner) Grönblad
legitimate
Grönblad, R. (1945) , De algis brasiliensibus. Praecipue desmidiaceis in regione inferiore fluminis Amazonas a professore August Ginzberger (Wien). Anno MCMXXVII collectis. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennica. Series B. Opera Biologica 2(6) :
29
[basionym]
basionym of:
Staurastrum quadrangulare var. contectum ( W.B.Turner) Grönblad
legitimate
Croasdale, H.T., Flint, E.A. & Racine, M.M. (1994) , Flora of New Zealand: Freshwater Algae, Chlorophyta, Desmids with ecological comments on their habitats 3 :
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[secondary reference]
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995) , Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia :
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[secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011) , Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0 :
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[secondary reference]
T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
Distribution:
Northern Territory