Actinastrum Explained

Actinastrum is a genus of mostly freshwater single-celled Eukaryotes, first described by Gustaf Lagerheim in 1882.^[1]

Studies since 2002 have placed Actinastrum as either sister to or a subgrouping within Chlorella, a Charophyte green alga genus in the family Chlorellaceae.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Gustaf Lagerheim . Bidrag till kännedomen om Stockholmstraktens Pediastréer, Protococcacéer och Palmellacéer . Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar . 39 . 2 . 47–81 . February 1882.
2. Wolf M, Kreinitz L, Hepperle D . Phylogenetic position of Actinastrum hantzschii LAGERHEIM 1 882 (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae) . Algological Studies . 104 . 59–67 . April 2002 . 10.1127/algol_stud/104/2002/59 .
3. Luo W, Proeschold T, Bock C, Krienitz L . Generic concept in Chlorella‐related coccoid green algae (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae) . Plant Biology . 12 . 3 . 545–553 . April 2010 . 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00221.x . 20522192 .