New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
Desmids (Chlorophyta) in a small tarn in central Canterbury, New Zealand
E. A. FLINT
Research Associate
Landcare Research
P.O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand
D. B. WILLIAMSON
15 Brocks Hill Drive
Oadby
Leicester LE2 5RE, England
Abstract A small tarn near the road between Hakatere and Lake
Clearwater contained 40 taxa of desmids (13 genera, 27 species, 10 varieties, 3
formae).
Cosmarium,
Staurastrum, and
Closterium were
represented by 11, 9, and 5 taxa, respectively.
Cosmarium crassipelle
var.
noduliferum f.
laterale is described as new, and six taxa
are new records for the New Zealand flora.
Keywords freshwater algae; Chlorophyta; Zygnemaphyceae;
Desmidiaceae; Desmids; New Zealand; new taxon Cosmarium
B98066
Received 3 December 1998; accepted 29 March 1999
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