Actinastrum

<i>Actinastrum</i>

Actinastrum

Genus of algae

Actinastrum is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.[1]

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Studies since 2002 have placed Actinastrum as either sister to or a subgrouping within Chlorella, a Charophyte green alga genus in the family Chlorellaceae.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Gustaf Lagerheim (February 1882). "Bidrag till kännedomen om Stockholmstraktens Pediastréer, Protococcacéer och Palmellacéer". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 39 (2): 47–81.
  2. [2]
    Wolf M, Kreinitz L, Hepperle D (April 2002). "Phylogenetic position of Actinastrum hantzschii LAGERHEIM 1 882 (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Algological Studies. 104: 59–67. doi:10.1127/algol_stud/104/2002/59.
  3. [3]
    Luo W, Proeschold T, Bock C, Krienitz L (April 2010). "Generic concept in Chlorella‐related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Plant Biology. 12 (3): 545–553. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00221.x. PMID 20522192.


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