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Some rare desmids (Zygnematophyceae) from Central Europe

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The morphology and taxonomy of eight rare desmids (Zygnematophyceae) from Central Europe are studied, i.e. six taxa from Slovakia [Tortitaenia bahusiensis (Nordstedt et Lütkemüller) Coesel, Closterium limneticum Lemmermann var. fallax Růžička, Euastrum sublobatum de Brébisson in Ralfs, morpha, Cosmarium simplicius (W. et G.S. West) Grönblad, Pachyphorium canadense (Irénée-Marie) G. H. Tomaszewicz et Hindák, stat. et comb. nova, Staurastrum bloklandiae Coesel et Joosten], one species from Poland (Spirotaenia bacillaris Lütkemüller) and Austria (Cosmarium geminatum Lundell). All desmids taxa are new records for the country of their origin.

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Abbreviations

lg.:

cell length

br.:

cell breadth

lg. spr.:

length without processes

lg. cpr.:

length with processes

br. cpr.:

breadth with processes

pol. lob.:

polar lobe breadth

isth.:

isthmus breadth

ap.:

apex

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  1. Department of Environmental Botany, Warsaw University, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, PL-00-478, Warszawa, Poland

    Grażyna H. Tomaszewicz

  2. Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 14, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia

    František Hindák

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Tomaszewicz, G.H., Hindák, F. Some rare desmids (Zygnematophyceae) from Central Europe. Biologia 63, 289–293 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-008-0051-x

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