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Issue: Vol. 708 No. 3: 8 Jul. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.3.7
Page range: 299-300
Abstract views: 174
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Correcting a misidentification: Expanding the known range of the rare desmid Gonatozygon dicranoaculeatum (Zygnematophyceae, Gonatozygaceae) to India and the Asian continent

Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
Gonatozygon dicranoaculeatum misidentification Asia Algae

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How to Cite

Vuuren, S.J.V. & Levanets, A. (2025) Correcting a misidentification: Expanding the known range of the rare desmid Gonatozygon dicranoaculeatum (Zygnematophyceae, Gonatozygaceae) to India and the Asian continent. Phytotaxa 708 (3): 299–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.3.7