Book ID: 8337
PRESCOTT, Gerald Webber, H.T.CROASDALE and W.C.VINYARD
A synopsis of North American Desmids. Part 2: Desmidiaceae: Placodermae. Section 1. 1975. (Reprint 2001). 57 pls. (= line - drawgs.). 275 p. gr8vo. Hard- cover.
This second part of the Synopsis is devoted to the cylindrical, elongate genera of the Placodermae: Penium, Closterium, Spinoclosterium,Docidium, Pleurotaenium, Triploceras, and Tetmemorus. Descriptions ofnew species and varieties as well as previously identified ones arepresented, along with synonymies. Each form is illustrated. Forthcomingsections of Part 2 will consider other genera of the Placoderms.