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Twenty-two taxa of desmids are reported from a pool near Guma Valley (Sierra Leone). Six are new to the country. A new variety of Staurastrum hystrix (S. hystrix var. granulatum) is described.
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Ricci, S., Alfinito, S. & Fumanti, B. Desmids from Guma Valley (Sierra Leone, West Africa). Hydrobiologia 208, 235–243 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007788
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