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Groenbladia neglecta var. elongata Scott & Gronblad, nov. ser.

Description

Groenbladia neglecta (Raciborski) Teiling var. elongata Scott & Grönblad, Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennica: nov. ser. B, 2(8): 48, pl. 35, fig. 17-25. 1957.

(Figs. 14 A-B)

Cells 4-5 times greater in length than width, 44-84 × 7-15 μm, 6-13 μm broad at the apex. Semicells cylindrical; broadly truncated apical margins; parallel lateral margins; subquadrate angles; shallow and broad median constriction; median sinus with a small invagination; hyaline cell wall; axial chloroplast.

Material examined: BRAZIL, AMAPÁ, Macapá, Curralinho Lake, 02.VI.2007, C.B. Araújo (SP469217), 03.VII.2007, C.B. Araújo (SP469218), 14.I.2008, C.B. Araújo (SP469223), 12.II.2008, C.B. Araújo (SP469224), 15. IV.2008, C.B. Araújo (SP469226), 13.V.2008, C.B. Araújo (SP469227), 15.VII.2008, C.B. Araújo (SP469228).

Comments: this variety differs from the typically observed characteristics of the species, as it presents longer cells and a median sinus with a small invagination.

Distribution in Brazil: Amazonas (Förster 1974, Souza 2008, Souza & Melo 2010); Bahia (Oliveira et al. 2010); Pará (Scott et al. 1965, Förster 1969).

Notes

Published as part of Araújo, Camila Barbosa de, Bicudo, Carlos Eduardo de Mattos, Takiyama, Luís Roberto & Melo, Sérgio de, 2020, Pseudofilamentous desmids (Zygnematophyceae) from an Amazonian floodplain lake (Macapá, AP, Brazil), pp. 1-14 in Iheringia, Série Botânica (e 2020010) (e 2020010) 75 on page 7, DOI: 10.21826/2446-82312020v75e2020010, http://zenodo.org/record/10950876

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2007-06-02
Verbatim event date
2007-06-02/2008-07-15
Scientific name authorship
Scott & Gronblad
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Charophyta
Order
Zygnematales
Family
Desmidiaceae
Genus
Groenbladia
Species
elongata
Taxon rank
variety
Taxonomic concept label
Groenbladia neglecta var. elongata , 2020

References

  • Souza, K. F. 2008. Desmidias (Chlorophyta) de um lago de inundacao de aguas pretas na Amazonia Central. Dissertacao 116 f., Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia / Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus.
  • Souza, K. F. & Melo, S. 2010. Desmidias filamentosas (Conjugatophyceae) de um lago de inundacao de aguas pretas na Amazonia Central. Acta Amazonica 40: 257 - 269.
  • Oliveira, I. B., Bicudo, C. E. M. & Moura, C. W. N. 2010. Novas ocorrencias de desmidias filamentosas (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) para o estado da Bahia, Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 24: 1017 - 1026.
  • Scott, A. M., Gronblad, R. & Croasdale, H. 1965. Desmids from the Amazon Basin, Brasil. Acta Botanica Fennica 69: 3 - 93.