PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hegewald, Eberhard AU - Braband, Anke TI - A taxonomic revision of Desmodesmus serie Desmodesmus (Sphaeropleales, Scenedesmaceae) DP - 2017 Sep 20 TA - Fottea PG - 191--208 VI - 17 IP - 2 AID - 10.5507/fot.2017.001 IS - 18025439 AB - The revision of the serie Desmodesmus, based on light microscopy, TEM, SEM and ITS2r DNA, allowed us to distinguish among the taxa Desmodesmus communis var. communis, var. polisicus, D. curvatocornis, D. rectangularis comb. nov., D. pseudocommunis n. sp. var. texanus n. var. and f. verrucosus n. f., D. protuberans, D. protuberans var. communoides var. nov., D. pseudoprotuberans n. sp., D. schmidtii n. sp. Keys were given for light microscopy, electron microscopy and ITS2r DNA.