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Family: Desmidiaceae



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Staurastrum acarides
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Staurastrum acarides var. acarides
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Staurastrum acestophorum
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Staurastrum aculeatum
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Staurastrum aggeratum
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Staurastrum alternans
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Staurastrum amphidoxon
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Staurastrum anatinoides
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Staurastrum anatinum
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Staurastrum anisacanthum
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Staurastrum approximatum
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Staurastrum arachne
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Staurastrum arachne var. arachne
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Staurastrum archerii
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Staurastrum arctiscon
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Staurastrum arctiscon var. arctiscon
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Staurastrum arcuatum
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Staurastrum armatum
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Staurastrum armigerum
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Staurastrum arnellii
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Staurastrum asperum
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Staurastrum assurgens
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Staurastrum assurgens var. assurgens
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Staurastrum asterias
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Staurastrum auburnense
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Staurastrum aureolatum
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Staurastrum avicula
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Staurastrum bacillare
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Staurastrum bacillare var. bacillare
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Staurastrum barbaricum
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Staurastrum barbulae
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Staurastrum bibrachiatum
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Staurastrum bibrachiatum var. bibrachiatum
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Staurastrum bicorne
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Staurastrum bicorne var. bicorne
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Staurastrum bienneanum
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Staurastrum bienneanum var. bienneanum
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Staurastrum bifidum
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Staurastrum bifurcum
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Staurastrum bilobum
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Staurastrum bitrapezicum var. bitrapezicum
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Staurastrum biwaense var. biwaense
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Staurastrum bloklandiae
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Staurastrum boergesenii
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Staurastrum boergesenii var. boergesenii
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Staurastrum bohlinianum var. bohlinianum
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Staurastrum boreale
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Staurastrum botanense
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Staurastrum botrophilum
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Staurastrum brachiatum
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Staurastrum brachioprominens
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Staurastrum brachioprominens var. brachioprominens
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Staurastrum brachycerum
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Staurastrum brasiliense
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Staurastrum brasiliense var. brasiliense
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Staurastrum brebissonii
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Staurastrum brebissonii var. brebissonii
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Staurastrum campanulatum
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Staurastrum capitulum
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Staurastrum cerastes
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Staurastrum ceratophorum var. ceratophorum
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Staurastrum ceylanicum
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Staurastrum chaetoceros
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Staurastrum chavesii
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Staurastrum cingulum
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Staurastrum cingulum var. cingulum
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Staurastrum claviferum var. claviferum
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Staurastrum clepsydra
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Staurastrum clepsydra var. clepsydra
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Staurastrum clevei
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Staurastrum colombetoides var. colombetoides
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Staurastrum columbetoides
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Staurastrum contectum
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Staurastrum contectum var. contectum
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Staurastrum cornutum
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Staurastrum cosmarioides
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Staurastrum crenulatum
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Staurastrum crenulatum var. crenulatum
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Staurastrum cristatum
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Staurastrum cruciforme
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Staurastrum cumbricum
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Staurastrum cuniculosum
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Staurastrum curvatum var. curvatum
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Staurastrum cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
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Staurastrum cyathipes
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Staurastrum cyclacanthum
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Staurastrum cyrtocerum
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Staurastrum denticulatum
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Staurastrum digitatum
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Staurastrum dilatatum
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Staurastrum dispar
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Staurastrum disputatum
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Staurastrum distentum
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Staurastrum donardense
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Staurastrum dorsidentiferum
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Staurastrum duacense
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Staurastrum dubium
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Staurastrum eboracense
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Staurastrum echinodermum
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Staurastrum elegans
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Staurastrum elegantissimum var. elegantissimum
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Staurastrum ellipticum
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Staurastrum elongatum
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Staurastrum emaciatum
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Staurastrum ensiferum
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Staurastrum erasum
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Staurastrum excavatum
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Staurastrum exporrectum
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Staurastrum floriferum
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Staurastrum fontense
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Staurastrum forficulatum
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Staurastrum formosum
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Staurastrum franconicum
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Staurastrum freemanii
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Staurastrum galeatum
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Staurastrum gatniense
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Staurastrum gladiosum
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Staurastrum gracile
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Staurastrum grande
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Staurastrum grande var. grande
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Staurastrum gutwinskii
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Staurastrum haaboeliense
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Staurastrum hantzschii var. hantzschii
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Staurastrum hardyi
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Staurastrum heimerlianum
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Staurastrum hexacerum
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Staurastrum hexacerum var. hexacerum
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Staurastrum hirsutum
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Staurastrum hirsutum var. hirsutum
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Staurastrum horametrum
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Staurastrum hypacanthum
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Staurastrum hystrix
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Staurastrum hystrix var. hystrix
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Staurastrum inconspicuum
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Staurastrum indentatum
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Staurastrum inflatum
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Staurastrum inflexum
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Staurastrum ionatum
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Staurastrum iotanum
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Staurastrum iversenii var. iversenii
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Staurastrum johnsonii
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Staurastrum johnsonii var. johnsonii
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Staurastrum kaiseri
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Staurastrum laeve
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Staurastrum laeve var. laeve
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Staurastrum laevispinus
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Staurastrum laevispinus var. laevispinus
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Staurastrum lanceolatum
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Staurastrum lapponicum
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Staurastrum latiusculum
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Staurastrum lepidum var. lepidum
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Staurastrum leptacanthum
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Staurastrum leptopus
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Staurastrum leptopus var. leptopus
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Staurastrum libeltii
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Staurastrum limneticum
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Staurastrum longebrachiatum
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Staurastrum longipes
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Staurastrum longipes var. longipes
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Staurastrum longiradiatum
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Staurastrum longiradiatum var. longiradiatum
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Staurastrum longispinum
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Staurastrum longispinum var. longispinum
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Staurastrum luetkemuelleri
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Staurastrum lunatum
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Staurastrum maamense
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Staurastrum manfeldtii
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Staurastrum maskellii
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Staurastrum megalonotum
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Staurastrum meriani
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Staurastrum meriani var. meriani
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Staurastrum micron
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Staurastrum micron var. micron
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Staurastrum moniliferum
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Staurastrum monticulosum
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Staurastrum monticulosum var. monticulosum
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Staurastrum multinodulosum
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Staurastrum muricum var. muricum
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Staurastrum muticum
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Staurastrum natator
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Staurastrum neglectum
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Staurastrum nigrae-silvae
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Staurastrum nigrae-silvae var. nigrae-silvae
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Staurastrum nodiferum
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Staurastrum nodosum
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Staurastrum nodulosum
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Staurastrum octodontum
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Staurastrum oenpelliense
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Staurastrum oligacanthum
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Staurastrum oligacanthum var. oligacanthum
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Staurastrum omearii
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Staurastrum ophiura
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Staurastrum orbiculare
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Staurastrum osceolense var. osceolense
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Staurastrum oxyacanthum
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Staurastrum oxyacanthum var. oxyacanthum
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Staurastrum pachyrhynchum
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Staurastrum paradoxum
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Staurastrum paradoxum var. paradoxum
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Staurastrum patens
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Staurastrum pelagicum
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Staurastrum pendulum var. pendulum
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Staurastrum pentacladum
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Staurastrum pentacrinum
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Staurastrum peristephes
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Staurastrum perundulatum
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Staurastrum picum
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Staurastrum pileolatum
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Staurastrum pileolatum var. pileolatum
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Staurastrum pilosellum
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Staurastrum pingue
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Staurastrum pinnatum
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Staurastrum planctonicum
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Staurastrum planctonicum var. planctonicum
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Staurastrum platycerum
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Staurastrum playfairii
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Staurastrum polymorphum
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Staurastrum polymorphum var. polymorphum
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Staurastrum polytrichum
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Staurastrum proboscideum
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Staurastrum protectum
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Staurastrum pseudobiretum
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Staurastrum pseudofurcigerum
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Staurastrum pseudopelagicum
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Staurastrum pseudosebaldi
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Staurastrum pseudosebaldi subsp. pseudosebaldi
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Staurastrum pseudosuecicum
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Staurastrum pseudotetracerum
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Staurastrum punctulatum
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Staurastrum pungens
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Staurastrum pyramidatum
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Staurastrum quadrangulare
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Staurastrum quadrangulare var. quadrangulare
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Staurastrum quadrispinatum
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Staurastrum ravenellii
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Staurastrum rectangulare
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Staurastrum rectangulare var. rectangulare
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Staurastrum renardii
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Staurastrum renardii var. renardii
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Staurastrum retusum
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Staurastrum rhabdophorum
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Staurastrum rosei
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Staurastrum rosei var. rosei
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Staurastrum rotula
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Staurastrum rugulosum
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Staurastrum sagittarium
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Staurastrum saltans
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Staurastrum saxonicum
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Staurastrum scabrum
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Staurastrum scottii
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Staurastrum acarides
Staurastrum acarides var. acarides
Staurastrum acestophorum
Staurastrum aculeatum
Staurastrum aggeratum
Staurastrum alternans
Staurastrum amphidoxon
Staurastrum anatinoides
Staurastrum anatinum
Staurastrum anisacanthum
Staurastrum approximatum
Staurastrum arachne
Staurastrum arachne var. arachne
Staurastrum archerii
Staurastrum arctiscon
Staurastrum arctiscon var. arctiscon
Staurastrum arcuatum
Staurastrum armatum
Staurastrum armigerum
Staurastrum arnellii
Staurastrum asperum
Staurastrum assurgens
Staurastrum assurgens var. assurgens
Staurastrum asterias
Staurastrum auburnense
Staurastrum aureolatum
Staurastrum avicula
Staurastrum bacillare
Staurastrum bacillare var. bacillare
Staurastrum barbaricum
Staurastrum barbulae
Staurastrum bibrachiatum
Staurastrum bibrachiatum var. bibrachiatum
Staurastrum bicorne
Staurastrum bicorne var. bicorne
Staurastrum bienneanum
Staurastrum bienneanum var. bienneanum
Staurastrum bifidum
Staurastrum bifurcum
Staurastrum bilobum
Staurastrum bitrapezicum var. bitrapezicum
Staurastrum biwaense var. biwaense
Staurastrum bloklandiae
Staurastrum boergesenii
Staurastrum boergesenii var. boergesenii
Staurastrum bohlinianum var. bohlinianum
Staurastrum boreale
Staurastrum botanense
Staurastrum botrophilum
Staurastrum brachiatum
Staurastrum brachioprominens
Staurastrum brachioprominens var. brachioprominens
Staurastrum brachycerum
Staurastrum brasiliense
Staurastrum brasiliense var. brasiliense
Staurastrum brebissonii
Staurastrum brebissonii var. brebissonii
Staurastrum campanulatum
Staurastrum capitulum
Staurastrum cerastes
Staurastrum ceratophorum var. ceratophorum
Staurastrum ceylanicum
Staurastrum chaetoceros
Staurastrum chavesii
Staurastrum cingulum
Staurastrum cingulum var. cingulum
Staurastrum claviferum var. claviferum
Staurastrum clepsydra
Staurastrum clepsydra var. clepsydra
Staurastrum clevei
Staurastrum colombetoides var. colombetoides
Staurastrum columbetoides
Staurastrum contectum
Staurastrum contectum var. contectum
Staurastrum cornutum
Staurastrum cosmarioides
Staurastrum crenulatum
Staurastrum crenulatum var. crenulatum
Staurastrum cristatum
Staurastrum cruciforme
Staurastrum cumbricum
Staurastrum cuniculosum
Staurastrum curvatum var. curvatum
Staurastrum cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
Staurastrum cyathipes
Staurastrum cyclacanthum
Staurastrum cyrtocerum
Staurastrum denticulatum
Staurastrum digitatum
Staurastrum dilatatum
Staurastrum dispar
Staurastrum disputatum
Staurastrum distentum
Staurastrum donardense
Staurastrum dorsidentiferum
Staurastrum duacense
Staurastrum dubium
Staurastrum eboracense
Staurastrum echinodermum
Staurastrum elegans
Staurastrum elegantissimum var. elegantissimum
Staurastrum ellipticum
Staurastrum elongatum
Staurastrum emaciatum
Staurastrum ensiferum
Staurastrum erasum
Staurastrum excavatum
Staurastrum exporrectum
Staurastrum floriferum
Staurastrum fontense
Staurastrum forficulatum
Staurastrum formosum
Staurastrum franconicum
Staurastrum freemanii
Staurastrum galeatum
Staurastrum gatniense
Staurastrum gladiosum
Staurastrum gracile
Staurastrum grande
Staurastrum grande var. grande
Staurastrum gutwinskii
Staurastrum haaboeliense
Staurastrum hantzschii var. hantzschii
Staurastrum hardyi
Staurastrum heimerlianum
Staurastrum hexacerum
Staurastrum hexacerum var. hexacerum
Staurastrum hirsutum
Staurastrum hirsutum var. hirsutum
Staurastrum horametrum
Staurastrum hypacanthum
Staurastrum hystrix
Staurastrum hystrix var. hystrix
Staurastrum inconspicuum
Staurastrum indentatum
Staurastrum inflatum
Staurastrum inflexum
Staurastrum ionatum
Staurastrum iotanum
Staurastrum iversenii var. iversenii
Staurastrum johnsonii
Staurastrum johnsonii var. johnsonii
Staurastrum kaiseri
Staurastrum laeve
Staurastrum laeve var. laeve
Staurastrum laevispinus
Staurastrum laevispinus var. laevispinus
Staurastrum lanceolatum
Staurastrum lapponicum
Staurastrum latiusculum
Staurastrum lepidum var. lepidum
Staurastrum leptacanthum
Staurastrum leptopus
Staurastrum leptopus var. leptopus
Staurastrum libeltii
Staurastrum limneticum
Staurastrum longebrachiatum
Staurastrum longipes
Staurastrum longipes var. longipes
Staurastrum longiradiatum
Staurastrum longiradiatum var. longiradiatum
Staurastrum longispinum
Staurastrum longispinum var. longispinum
Staurastrum luetkemuelleri
Staurastrum lunatum
Staurastrum maamense
Staurastrum manfeldtii
Staurastrum maskellii
Staurastrum megalonotum
Staurastrum meriani
Staurastrum meriani var. meriani
Staurastrum micron
Staurastrum micron var. micron
Staurastrum moniliferum
Staurastrum monticulosum
Staurastrum monticulosum var. monticulosum
Staurastrum multinodulosum
Staurastrum muricum var. muricum
Staurastrum muticum
Staurastrum natator Asia
Staurastrum neglectum Asia
Staurastrum nigrae-silvae Asia
Staurastrum nigrae-silvae var. nigrae-silvae Asia
Staurastrum nodiferum Asia
Staurastrum nodosum Asia
Staurastrum nodulosum Asia
Staurastrum octodontum Asia
Staurastrum oenpelliense Asia
Staurastrum oligacanthum Asia
Staurastrum oligacanthum var. oligacanthum Asia
Staurastrum omearii Asia
Staurastrum ophiura Asia
Staurastrum orbiculare Asia
Staurastrum osceolense var. osceolense Asia
Staurastrum oxyacanthum Asia
Staurastrum oxyacanthum var. oxyacanthum Asia
Staurastrum pachyrhynchum Asia
Staurastrum paradoxum Asia
Staurastrum paradoxum var. paradoxum Asia
Staurastrum patens Asia
Staurastrum pelagicum Asia
Staurastrum pendulum var. pendulum Asia
Staurastrum pentacladum Asia
Staurastrum pentacrinum Asia
Staurastrum peristephes Asia
Staurastrum perundulatum Asia
Staurastrum picum Asia
Staurastrum pileolatum Asia
Staurastrum pileolatum var. pileolatum Asia
Staurastrum pilosellum Asia
Staurastrum pingue Asia
Staurastrum pinnatum Asia
Staurastrum planctonicum Asia
Staurastrum planctonicum var. planctonicum Asia
Staurastrum platycerum Asia
Staurastrum playfairii Asia
Staurastrum polymorphum Asia
Staurastrum polymorphum var. polymorphum Asia
Staurastrum polytrichum Asia
Staurastrum proboscideum Asia
Staurastrum protectum Asia
Staurastrum pseudobiretum Asia
Staurastrum pseudofurcigerum Asia
Staurastrum pseudopelagicum Asia
Staurastrum pseudosebaldi Asia
Staurastrum pseudosebaldi subsp. pseudosebaldi Asia
Staurastrum pseudosuecicum Asia
Staurastrum pseudotetracerum Asia
Staurastrum punctulatum Asia
Staurastrum pungens Asia
Staurastrum pyramidatum Asia
Staurastrum quadrangulare Asia
Staurastrum quadrangulare var. quadrangulare Asia
Staurastrum quadrispinatum Asia
Staurastrum ravenellii Asia
Staurastrum rectangulare Asia
Staurastrum rectangulare var. rectangulare Asia
Staurastrum renardii Asia
Staurastrum renardii var. renardii Asia
Staurastrum retusum Asia
Staurastrum rhabdophorum Asia
Staurastrum rosei Asia
Staurastrum rosei var. rosei Asia
Staurastrum rotula Asia
Staurastrum rugulosum Asia
Staurastrum sagittarium Asia
Staurastrum saltans Asia
Staurastrum saxonicum Asia
Staurastrum scabrum Asia
Staurastrum scottii Asia



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