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Family: Desmidiaceae



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1171 species (see list below)
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Cosmarium novae-semliae
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Cosmarium novae-semliae var. novae-semliae
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Cosmarium nutallii
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Cosmarium nymannianum
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Cosmarium obliquum
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Cosmarium obliquum var. obliquum
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Cosmarium oblongum
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Cosmarium obsoletum
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Cosmarium obtusatum
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Cosmarium ocellatum
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Cosmarium ocellatum var. ocellatum
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Cosmarium ochthodes
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Cosmarium oenpelliense
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Cosmarium oligogongrus
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Cosmarium oliveri
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Cosmarium ophelii
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Cosmarium orbiculatum
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Cosmarium ordinatum
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Cosmarium ornatum
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Cosmarium ornatum var. ornatum
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Cosmarium orthogonum
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Cosmarium orthopunctulatum
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Cosmarium orthostichum
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Cosmarium ovale
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Cosmarium ovale var. ovale
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Cosmarium pachydermum
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Cosmarium panduriforme
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Cosmarium papilliferum
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Cosmarium paragranatoides
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Cosmarium pardalis
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Cosmarium paucigranulatum
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Cosmarium perfissum
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Cosmarium perforatum
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Cosmarium pericymatium
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Cosmarium perigranulatum
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Cosmarium perpusillum
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Cosmarium petsamoense
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Cosmarium phaseolus
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Cosmarium plicatum
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Cosmarium pokornyanum
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Cosmarium polygonum
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Cosmarium porrectum
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Cosmarium portianum
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Cosmarium praegrande
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Cosmarium praemorsum
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Cosmarium prominulum
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Cosmarium prominulum var. prominulum
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Cosmarium promontorium
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Cosmarium protomphalum
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Cosmarium protomphalum var. protomphalum
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Cosmarium protractum
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Cosmarium protruberans
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Cosmarium protuberans var. protuberans
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Cosmarium pseudamoenum
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Cosmarium pseudamoenum var. pseudamoenum
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Cosmarium pseudatlantoideum
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Cosmarium pseudoamoenum
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Cosmarium pseudoarmatum
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Cosmarium pseudobiremum
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Cosmarium pseudobroomei
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Cosmarium pseudoconnatum
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Cosmarium pseudoexiguum
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Cosmarium pseudoornatum
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Cosmarium pseudopachydermum
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Cosmarium pseudophaseolus
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Cosmarium pseudoprotuberans
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Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum
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Cosmarium pseudoquadratulum
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Cosmarium pseudoretusum
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Cosmarium pseudoscenedesmus
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Cosmarium pseudospeciosum
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Cosmarium pseudotaxichondrum var. pseudotaxichondrum
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Cosmarium pulcherrimum
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Cosmarium punctulatum
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Cosmarium punctulatum var. punctulatum
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Cosmarium pusillum
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Cosmarium pycnochondrum
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Cosmarium pygmaeum
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Cosmarium pygmaeum var. pygmaeum
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Cosmarium pyramidatum
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Cosmarium pyramidatum var. pyramidatum
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Cosmarium pyriforme
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Cosmarium quadratulum
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Cosmarium quadratum
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Cosmarium quadratum var. quadratum
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Cosmarium quadridentatum
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Cosmarium quadrifarium
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Cosmarium quadrimamillatum
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Cosmarium quadrum
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Cosmarium quadrum var. quadrum
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Cosmarium quasillus
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Cosmarium quaternarium
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Cosmarium quinarium
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Cosmarium raciborskii
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Cosmarium radiosum
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Cosmarium ralfsii
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Cosmarium rectangulare
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Cosmarium rectangulum
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Cosmarium regnellii
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Cosmarium regnellii var. regnellii
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Cosmarium regnesi var. regnesi
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Cosmarium regnesii
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Cosmarium reinschii
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Cosmarium reinschii var. reinschii
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Cosmarium reniforme
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Cosmarium repandum
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Cosmarium repandum var. repandum
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Cosmarium retusiforme var. retusiforme
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Cosmarium rotundum
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Cosmarium scopularum
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Cosmarium scoticum
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Cosmarium securiforme
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Cosmarium seelyanum
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Cosmarium seelyanum var. seelyanum
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Cosmarium sexangulare
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Cosmarium sexangulare var. sexangulare
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Cosmarium sexnotatum
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Cosmarium simii
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Cosmarium sinostegos
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Cosmarium sinostegos var. sinostegos
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Cosmarium slewdrumense
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Cosmarium smolandicum
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Cosmarium sniatyniense
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Cosmarium sniatyniense var. sniatyniense
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Cosmarium solidum
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Cosmarium spechtii
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Cosmarium speciosissimum
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Cosmarium speciosissimum var. speciosissimum
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Cosmarium speciosum
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Cosmarium sphaeroideum
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Cosmarium sphalerostichum
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Cosmarium spinuliferum
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Cosmarium sportella
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Cosmarium sportella var. sportella
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Cosmarium striolatum
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Cosmarium striolatum var. striolatum
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Cosmarium subalatum
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Cosmarium subarctoum
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Cosmarium subaversum
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Cosmarium subbinale var. subbinale
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Cosmarium subbroomei
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Cosmarium subcapitulum
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Cosmarium subcontractum
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Cosmarium subcostatum
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Cosmarium subcrenatum
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Cosmarium subcrenulatum
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Cosmarium subcucumis
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Cosmarium subcylindricum
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Cosmarium subdanicum
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Cosmarium subdepressum
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Cosmarium subdistichum
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Cosmarium subexcavatum
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Cosmarium subexcavatum var. subexcavatum
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Cosmarium subgranatum
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Cosmarium subimpressulum
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Cosmarium submammilliferum
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Cosmarium suborthostichum
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Cosmarium subprotumidum
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Cosmarium subquadrans
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Cosmarium subquadratum
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Cosmarium subraciborskii
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Cosmarium subreniforme
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Cosmarium subretusiforme
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Cosmarium subspeciosum
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Cosmarium subtholiforme var. subtholiforme
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Cosmarium subtrinodulum
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Cosmarium subtriordinatum
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Cosmarium subtriordinatum var. subtriordinatum
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Cosmarium subtumidum
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Cosmarium subundulatum
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Cosmarium succissum
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Cosmarium succissum var. succissum
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Cosmarium synthlibomenum
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Cosmarium tatricum
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Cosmarium taxichondriforme
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Cosmarium taxichondrum
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Cosmarium taxichondrum var. taxichondrum
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Cosmarium tenue
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Cosmarium tetrachondrum
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Cosmarium tetragonum
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Cosmarium tetraophthalmum
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Cosmarium tholiforme
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Cosmarium thwaitesii
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Cosmarium thwaitesii var. thwaitesii
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Cosmarium tinctum
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Cosmarium tjibenongense
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Cosmarium trachydermum
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Cosmarium trachypleurum
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Cosmarium trafalgaricum
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Cosmarium trilobulatum
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Cosmarium trilobulatum var. trilobulatum
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Cosmarium triplicatum
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Cosmarium triplicatum var. triplicatum
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Cosmarium truncatellum
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Cosmarium tuberculatum
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Cosmarium tumens
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Cosmarium tumidum
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Cosmarium turneri
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Cosmarium turpinii
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Cosmarium uliginosum
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Cosmarium umbilicatum
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Cosmarium undulatum
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Cosmarium ungerianum
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Cosmarium ungerianum var. ungerianum
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Cosmarium variolatum
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Cosmarium varsoviense var. varsoviense
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Cosmarium venustum
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Cosmarium vexatum
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Cosmarium vexatum var. vexatum
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Cosmarium vicenistriatum
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Cosmarium vogesiacum
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Cosmarium willeanum
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Cosmarium wittrockii
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Cosmarium woodlawnense
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Cosmarium zonatum
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Cosmarium zonatum var. zonatum
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Cosmoastrum hystrix var. hystrix
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Cosmocladium constrictum
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Cosmocladium perissum
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Cosmocladium pulchellum
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Cosmocladium saxonicum
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Cosmocladium tuberculatum
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Croasdalea marthae
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Cruciangulum lateroprominens
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Desmidium aequale
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Desmidium aptogonium var. aptogonium
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Desmidium aptogonum
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Desmidium baileyi
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Desmidium bengalicum
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Desmidium coarctatum
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Desmidium coarctatum var. coarctatum
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Desmidium grevillei
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Desmidium occidentale
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Desmidium pseudostreptonema
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Desmidium quadrangulare
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Desmidium quadrangulatum
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Desmidium quadratum
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Desmidium suboccidentale
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Desmidium swartzii
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Docidium baculum
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Docidium basiundatum
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Docidium burmense
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Docidium clavatum
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Docidium coronulatum
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Docidium gracile var. gracile
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Docidium horridum
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Docidium nodosum var. nodosum
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Docidium ovatum var. ovatum
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Docidium pygmaeum
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Docidium rectum
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cosmarium novae-semliae
Cosmarium novae-semliae var. novae-semliae
Cosmarium nutallii
Cosmarium nymannianum
Cosmarium obliquum
Cosmarium obliquum var. obliquum
Cosmarium oblongum
Cosmarium obsoletum
Cosmarium obtusatum
Cosmarium ocellatum
Cosmarium ocellatum var. ocellatum
Cosmarium ochthodes
Cosmarium oenpelliense
Cosmarium oligogongrus
Cosmarium oliveri
Cosmarium ophelii
Cosmarium orbiculatum
Cosmarium ordinatum
Cosmarium ornatum
Cosmarium ornatum var. ornatum
Cosmarium orthogonum
Cosmarium orthopunctulatum
Cosmarium orthostichum
Cosmarium ovale
Cosmarium ovale var. ovale
Cosmarium pachydermum
Cosmarium panduriforme
Cosmarium papilliferum
Cosmarium paragranatoides
Cosmarium pardalis
Cosmarium paucigranulatum
Cosmarium perfissum
Cosmarium perforatum
Cosmarium pericymatium
Cosmarium perigranulatum
Cosmarium perpusillum
Cosmarium petsamoense
Cosmarium phaseolus
Cosmarium plicatum
Cosmarium pokornyanum
Cosmarium polygonum
Cosmarium porrectum
Cosmarium portianum
Cosmarium praegrande
Cosmarium praemorsum
Cosmarium prominulum
Cosmarium prominulum var. prominulum
Cosmarium promontorium
Cosmarium protomphalum
Cosmarium protomphalum var. protomphalum
Cosmarium protractum
Cosmarium protruberans
Cosmarium protuberans var. protuberans
Cosmarium pseudamoenum
Cosmarium pseudamoenum var. pseudamoenum
Cosmarium pseudatlantoideum
Cosmarium pseudoamoenum
Cosmarium pseudoarmatum
Cosmarium pseudobiremum
Cosmarium pseudobroomei
Cosmarium pseudoconnatum
Cosmarium pseudoexiguum
Cosmarium pseudoornatum
Cosmarium pseudopachydermum
Cosmarium pseudophaseolus
Cosmarium pseudoprotuberans
Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum
Cosmarium pseudoquadratulum
Cosmarium pseudoretusum
Cosmarium pseudoscenedesmus
Cosmarium pseudospeciosum
Cosmarium pseudotaxichondrum var. pseudotaxichondrum
Cosmarium pulcherrimum
Cosmarium punctulatum
Cosmarium punctulatum var. punctulatum
Cosmarium pusillum
Cosmarium pycnochondrum
Cosmarium pygmaeum
Cosmarium pygmaeum var. pygmaeum
Cosmarium pyramidatum
Cosmarium pyramidatum var. pyramidatum
Cosmarium pyriforme
Cosmarium quadratulum
Cosmarium quadratum
Cosmarium quadratum var. quadratum
Cosmarium quadridentatum
Cosmarium quadrifarium
Cosmarium quadrimamillatum
Cosmarium quadrum
Cosmarium quadrum var. quadrum
Cosmarium quasillus
Cosmarium quaternarium
Cosmarium quinarium
Cosmarium raciborskii
Cosmarium radiosum
Cosmarium ralfsii
Cosmarium rectangulare
Cosmarium rectangulum
Cosmarium regnellii
Cosmarium regnellii var. regnellii
Cosmarium regnesi var. regnesi
Cosmarium regnesii
Cosmarium reinschii
Cosmarium reinschii var. reinschii
Cosmarium reniforme
Cosmarium repandum
Cosmarium repandum var. repandum
Cosmarium retusiforme var. retusiforme
Cosmarium rotundum
Cosmarium scopularum
Cosmarium scoticum
Cosmarium securiforme
Cosmarium seelyanum
Cosmarium seelyanum var. seelyanum
Cosmarium sexangulare
Cosmarium sexangulare var. sexangulare
Cosmarium sexnotatum
Cosmarium simii
Cosmarium sinostegos
Cosmarium sinostegos var. sinostegos
Cosmarium slewdrumense
Cosmarium smolandicum
Cosmarium sniatyniense
Cosmarium sniatyniense var. sniatyniense
Cosmarium solidum
Cosmarium spechtii
Cosmarium speciosissimum
Cosmarium speciosissimum var. speciosissimum
Cosmarium speciosum
Cosmarium sphaeroideum
Cosmarium sphalerostichum
Cosmarium spinuliferum
Cosmarium sportella
Cosmarium sportella var. sportella
Cosmarium striolatum
Cosmarium striolatum var. striolatum
Cosmarium subalatum
Cosmarium subarctoum
Cosmarium subaversum
Cosmarium subbinale var. subbinale
Cosmarium subbroomei
Cosmarium subcapitulum
Cosmarium subcontractum
Cosmarium subcostatum
Cosmarium subcrenatum
Cosmarium subcrenulatum
Cosmarium subcucumis
Cosmarium subcylindricum
Cosmarium subdanicum
Cosmarium subdepressum
Cosmarium subdistichum
Cosmarium subexcavatum
Cosmarium subexcavatum var. subexcavatum
Cosmarium subgranatum
Cosmarium subimpressulum
Cosmarium submammilliferum
Cosmarium suborthostichum
Cosmarium subprotumidum
Cosmarium subquadrans
Cosmarium subquadratum
Cosmarium subraciborskii
Cosmarium subreniforme
Cosmarium subretusiforme
Cosmarium subspeciosum
Cosmarium subtholiforme var. subtholiforme
Cosmarium subtrinodulum
Cosmarium subtriordinatum
Cosmarium subtriordinatum var. subtriordinatum
Cosmarium subtumidum
Cosmarium subundulatum
Cosmarium succissum
Cosmarium succissum var. succissum
Cosmarium synthlibomenum
Cosmarium tatricum
Cosmarium taxichondriforme
Cosmarium taxichondrum
Cosmarium taxichondrum var. taxichondrum
Cosmarium tenue
Cosmarium tetrachondrum
Cosmarium tetragonum
Cosmarium tetraophthalmum
Cosmarium tholiforme
Cosmarium thwaitesii
Cosmarium thwaitesii var. thwaitesii
Cosmarium tinctum
Cosmarium tjibenongense
Cosmarium trachydermum
Cosmarium trachypleurum
Cosmarium trafalgaricum
Cosmarium trilobulatum
Cosmarium trilobulatum var. trilobulatum
Cosmarium triplicatum
Cosmarium triplicatum var. triplicatum
Cosmarium truncatellum
Cosmarium tuberculatum
Cosmarium tumens
Cosmarium tumidum
Cosmarium turneri
Cosmarium turpinii
Cosmarium uliginosum
Cosmarium umbilicatum
Cosmarium undulatum
Cosmarium ungerianum
Cosmarium ungerianum var. ungerianum
Cosmarium variolatum
Cosmarium varsoviense var. varsoviense
Cosmarium venustum
Cosmarium vexatum
Cosmarium vexatum var. vexatum
Cosmarium vicenistriatum
Cosmarium vogesiacum
Cosmarium willeanum
Cosmarium wittrockii
Cosmarium woodlawnense
Cosmarium zonatum
Cosmarium zonatum var. zonatum
Cosmoastrum hystrix var. hystrix
Cosmocladium constrictum
Cosmocladium perissum
Cosmocladium pulchellum
Cosmocladium saxonicum
Cosmocladium tuberculatum
Croasdalea marthae
Cruciangulum lateroprominens
Desmidium aequale
Desmidium aptogonium var. aptogonium
Desmidium aptogonum
Desmidium baileyi
Desmidium bengalicum
Desmidium coarctatum
Desmidium coarctatum var. coarctatum
Desmidium grevillei
Desmidium occidentale
Desmidium pseudostreptonema
Desmidium quadrangulare
Desmidium quadrangulatum
Desmidium quadratum
Desmidium suboccidentale
Desmidium swartzii
Docidium baculum
Docidium basiundatum
Docidium burmense
Docidium clavatum
Docidium coronulatum
Docidium gracile var. gracile
Docidium horridum
Docidium nodosum var. nodosum
Docidium ovatum var. ovatum
Docidium pygmaeum
Docidium rectum



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