Fottea 2017, 17(2):191-208 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2017.001

A taxonomic revision of Desmodesmus serie Desmodesmus (Sphaeropleales, Scenedesmaceae)

Eberhard Hegewald1, Anke Braband2
1 Grüner Weg 20, D-52382 Niederzier, Germany
2 LCG, Ostendstr. 25, D-12451 Berlin, Germany

The revision of the serie Desmodesmus, based on light microscopy, TEM, SEM and ITS2r DNA, allowed us to distinguish among the taxa Desmodesmus communis var. communis, var. polisicus, D. curvatocornis, D. rectangularis comb. nov., D. pseudocommunis n. sp. var. texanus n. var. and f. verrucosus n. f., D. protuberans, D. protuberans var. communoides var. nov., D. pseudoprotuberans n. sp., D. schmidtii n. sp. Keys were given for light microscopy, electron microscopy and ITS2r DNA.

Keywords: Desmodesmus, morphology, cell wall ultrastructure, cell size, ITS-2, new Desmodesmus taxa, phylogeny, taxonomy, variability

Received: June 12, 2016; Accepted: January 2, 2017; Prepublished online: August 23, 2017; Published: September 20, 2017Show citation

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