| taxonID | 10771798 |
| datasetID | 2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527 |
| parentNameUsageID | 6784780 |
| scientificName | Messastrum T.S.Garcia, 2016 |
| scientificNameAuthorship | T.S.Garcia, 2016 |
| canonicalName | Messastrum |
| genericName | Messastrum |
| taxonRank | genus |
| namePublishedIn | Garcia da Silva, T.; Bock, C.; Sant'Anna, C. L.; Bagatini, I. L.; Wodniok, S.; Vieira, A. A. H. (2017). Selenastraceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae): rbcL, 18S rDNA and ITS-2 secondary structure enlightens traditional taxonomy, with description of two new genera, Messastrum gen. nov. and Curvastrum gen. nov. Fottea. 17(1): 1-19. |
| taxonomicStatus | accepted |
| kingdom | Plantae |
| phylum | Chlorophyta |
| class | Chlorophyceae |
| order | Sphaeropleales |
| family | Selenastraceae |
| genus | Messastrum |
| Child | Messastrum gracile (Reinsch) T.S.Garcia species accepted Ankistrodesmus gracilis (Reinsch) Korshikov species heterotypic synonym Selenastrum westii G.M.Sm. species synonym |
| DataSource | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy 2023-08-28 |
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