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basionym: Closterium trabecula Ehrenb. legitimate

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

Whitton, B.A., John, D.M., Johnson, L.R., Boulton, P.N.G., Kelly, M.R. & Haworth, E.Y. (1999), A Coded List of Freshwater Algae of the British Isles: - [secondary reference]

Dingley, M.O. (2003), Desmids (Chlorophyta) from two freshwater sites in Victoria with an emphasis on new records. Victorian Naturalist 120: - [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Closterium trabecula Ehrenb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Docidium trabecula (Ehrenb.) Reinsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pleurotaenium trabecula f. clavatum (Kütz.) Reinsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pleurotaenium trabecula f. granulatum G.S.West legitimate

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Queensland, Victoria, Northern Territory, New South Wales

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Docidium trabecula var. constrictum Playfair legitimate

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2015), Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - [secondary reference]

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