Revision of the genus Stauroforma (Staurosiraceae, Bacillariophyceae) based on varieties of Fragilaria virescens described by Albert Grunow

Bart Van de Vijver, Tanja M. Schuster, David M. Williams, Wolf-Henning Kusber

Fottea X:X | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2025.011  

A revision of the genus Stauroforma is proposed based on the analysis of several historic slides prepared by Grunow to describe Fragilaria virescens var. exigua. The original materials are analysed using both light and scanning electron microscopy together with a critical examination of the original drawings and notes Grunow made on his new taxa. Based on this, the genus description of Stauroforma is emended and the morphological descriptions of S. exiguiformis and S. inermis are updated. Grunow's variety subsalina is raised to species level as Stauroforma subsalina. A new species, Stauroforma...