Biology:Actinastrum
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Short description: Genus of algae
| Actinastrum | |
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| Actinastrum hantzschii | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Actinastrum Lagerheim, 1882 |
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| Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim
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Actinastrum is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.[1]
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
- ↑ Gustaf Lagerheim (February 1882). "Bidrag till kännedomen om Stockholmstraktens Pediastréer, Protococcacéer och Palmellacéer". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 39 (2): 47–81.
- ↑ "Phylogenetic position of Actinastrum hantzschii LAGERHEIM 1 882 (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Algological Studies 104: 59–67. April 2002. doi:10.1127/algol_stud/104/2002/59.
- ↑ "Generic concept in Chlorella‐related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Plant Biology 12 (3): 545–553. April 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00221.x. PMID 20522192.
Wikidata ☰ Q4676838 entry
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