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| Desmidium C.A. Agardh 1824, pg. XV, 9 | |
| Generitype | not designated |
| Designated by | |
| Year Designated | 0 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Description of genus p. XV, 2 species described p. 9 (D. swartzii and D. tenax), no generitype designated. SVL says: "not a diatom genus but considered by Agardh to belong to 'Diatomeae'?". ING (1996) gives "Desmidium C.A. Agardh ex Ralfs, Brit. Desmid. 49, 60. 1848. LT.: D. swartzii C.A. Agardh ex Ralfs (vide Naegeli, Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 10(7): 130. 1849) (Chlorophyta-Desmidiaceae)". |
| Published in |
Agardh, C.A. 1824 (ref. 102) Systema Algarum Adumbravit C.A. Agardh. Lundae Literis Berlingianis. Lundae xxxvii, 312 pp. |