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Issue: Vol. 391 No. 3: 4 February 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.391.3.2
Page range: 185–196
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic novelties, new records, and rare species of desmids from the Chapada Diamantina region, Brazil

Laboratório de Ficologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, s/nº, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Laboratório de Ficologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, s/nº, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Laboratório de Ficologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, s/nº, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
Laboratório de Ficologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, s/nº, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
algae Bahia Conjugatophyceae Desmidiaceae taxonomy

Abstract

We report here taxonomic novelties and interesting records of desmids, including new taxa, rare species and new occurrences, collected at three areas (Piatã, Rio de Contas and Palmeiras) in the Chapada Diamantina region, northeastern Brazil. We identified 16 desmids, including six taxa new to science (Cosmarium diamantinum, Euastrum bicudoi, E. piataense, Micrasterias jenneri var. semicirculare, M. torreyi var. pseudocurvata, and Tetmemorus furcatus), as well as new records for Brazil (Euastrum subcyclopicum var. elongatum and Euastrum octogibbosum). Taxonomic notes and ecological information are provided.