Cosmarium pachydermum var. aethiopicum West & G. S. West Granite 1905
Authors/Creators
- 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, s / nº, Novo Horizonte, 44036 - 900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
- 2. Núcleo de Ecologia, Instituto de Botânica, Av. Miguel Estéfano, nº 3687, 04301 - 902 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Description
Cell dimensions: 110–120 μm length, 87–90 μm width, 30–37 μm isthmus.
Material examined: BRAZIL, Bahia, Santa Teresinha, Serra da Jiboia. 14-I-2015, G. J. P. Ramos et al. s/n (HUEFS 224653), 18-VII-2015, G. J. P. Ramos et al. s/n (HUEFS 224673), 20-XI-2015, G. J. P. Ramos et al. s/n (HUEFS 224711).
Habitat: bromeliad tanks (Alcantarea nahoumii); T 26.8 (± 3.4 ºC). pH 6.2 (± 0.7). C 0.26 (± 0.14 mS. cm-1). TDS 0.13 (± 0.06 ppt). DO 6.0 (± 1.5 mg.L- 1).
Notes: The cells of Cosmarium pachydermum var. aethiopicum have smooth outlines and are broadly elliptic rather than broadly oval, with thinner cell walls than in the nominate variety (Coesel & Meesters 2007). This taxon was previously identified from bromeliads at Serra da Jiboia as C. ralfsii (= Micrasterias ralfisii (Brebisson ex Ralfs) Skaloud et al.) (Ramos et al. 2011), however after reanalysis of the material we have identified it now as C. pachydermum var. aethiopicum. Confusion between those two taxa has been very common in floristic studies in Brazil, and although part of the literature considers the size of the isthmus as the main diagnostic feature, we consider the apical view to be a more relevant morphological feature for differentiating them. In apical view, C. pachydermum var. aethiopicum presents an ellipsoidal cell, whereas C. ralfsii (= M. ralfisii) appears fusiform.
There are only three records of C. pachydermum var. aethiopicum in Brazil, two from São Paulo (Taniguchi et al. 2003, Araujo 2006) and one from Mato Grosso do Sul (Santos 2008). The present record is the first from northeastern Brazil.
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- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.13708378 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.11646/phytotaxa.346.1.3 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- West & G. S. West Granite
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Charophyta
- Order
- Zygnematales
- Family
- Desmidiaceae
- Genus
- Cosmarium
- Species
- aethiopicum
- Taxon rank
- variety
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cosmarium pachydermum var. aethiopicum West, 1905 sec. Ramos, Bicudo & Moura, 2018
References
- Coesel, P. F. M. & Meesters, J. (2007) Desmids of the Lowlands. KNNV Publishing, Zeist. 351 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004277922
- Ramos, G. J. P., Oliveira, I. B. & Moura, C. W. N. (2011) Desmidias de ambiente fitotelmata bromelicola da Serra da Jiboia, Bahia, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Biociencias 9: 103 - 113.
- Taniguchi, G. M., Peres, A. C.; Senna, P. A. C. & Compere, P. (2003) The desmid genera Cosmarium, Actinotaenium and Cosmocladium from an oxbow lake, Jatai Ecological Station (Southeastern Brazil). Systematics and Geography of Plants 73: 133 - 159.
- Araujo, A. (2006) Diversidade especifica e de habitat dos Cosmarium de parede lisa (Zygnemaphyceae) do Estado de Sao Paulo. PHD Thesis, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, 150 pp.
- Santos, K. R. S. (2008) Biodiversidade de algas e cianobacterias de tres lagoas (" salina ", " salitrada " e " baia ") do Pantanal da Nhecolandia, MS, Brasil. MSc. Dissertation, Instituto de Botanica, Sao Paulo, 229 pp.