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Guide to Encyonema silesiacum var. elegans

Krammer 1997

Encyonema silesiacum elegans guide
  1. Valves elongate, narrow
  2. Central, ventral margin slightly convex to gibbous
  3. Apices acute
  4. Striae convergent near ventral ends

Valves are dorsiventral. The ventral margin is convex to gibbous at the center valve. Apices are acute. Striae are convergent near the ventral ends.

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