Staurastrum and
Staurodesmus
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Illustrated Key for
Desmids (Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/ Desmidiaceae/Staurastum and Staurodesmus)
Zygnematophyceae/Desmidiales/ Desmidiaceae/Staurastrum
Sorted by morphological criteria, analogous to the desmidiological identification literature. Alphabetical sorting in the menu under “Zygnematophyceae.”
gratum
lapponicum
alternans
polonicum
polonicum
capitulum
pilosum
pilosum
pilosum
hirsutum
teliferum
teliferum
teliferum
scabrum
scabrum
simonyi
var. sparsiaculeatum
senarium
senarium
forficulatum
forficulatum
forficulatum
var. verrucosum
spongiosum
var. perbifidum
oligacanthum
var. incisum
oligacanthum
var. incisum
furcatum
furcatum
arcuatum
var. subavicula
refractum
margaritacaeum
polymorphum
polymorphum
polymorphum
polymorphum
controversum
controversum
johnsonii
johnsonii
bicorne
bicorne
pingue
chaetoceras
sexangulare
sexangulare
sexangulare
gratum
lapponicum
alternans
polonicum
polonicum
capitulum
pilosum
pilosum
pilosum
hirsutum
teliferum
teliferum
teliferum
scabrum
scabrum
simonyi
var. sparsiaculeatum
senarium
senarium
forficulatum
forficulatum
forficulatum
var. verrucosum
spongiosum
var. perbifidum
oligacanthum
var. incisum
oligacanthum
var. incisum
furcatum
furcatum
arcuatum
var. subavicula
refractum
margaritacaeum
polymorphum
polymorphum
polymorphum
polymorphum
controversum
controversum
johnsonii
johnsonii
bicorne
bicorne
pingue
chaetoceras
sexangulare
sexangulare
sexangulare
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cucurbita
spinosa
praegeri
leptopus
wailesii
armatum
neosinuosum
ventricosum
filifera
spiralis
brightwellii
cristata
labiata
elongata
enchelys
pronum
labyrinthuloides
pellionellum
discoides
gibba
cassis
elongata
oblonga
bathystoma
capreolata
var. masurica
globulosa
truncata
parva
globularis
fimbriata
chinensis
concinnus
lineare
urceolata



















































































