New interesting records of charophytes (Charales, Charophyceae) from Eurasia and Africa

ABSTRACT

A revision of specimens from selected herbaria allowed extension (or confirmation) of the geographical distribution of five charophyte species. Chara globata is a new record for Africa (Tunisia), Romania and some Central Asian countries, C. dominii for Kyrgyzstan, C. oedophylla for Portugal, Tolypella hispanica for Northern Asia and Lychnothamnus barbatus for South-Western Europe. The presence of the last genus in Central Asia has been confirmed. The type of Chara dominii has been ascertained.

KEYWORDS:

• North Africa
• Asia
• Iberian Peninsula
• Chara
• Lychnothamnus
• Tolypella

Acknowledgements

The curators of the herbaria listed above are kindly acknowledged for their encouragement and guidance, Nadezhda Ivanovna Yermolaeva for specimen sampling, Filipe Covelo for scans of some herbarium specimens, and anonymous reviewers, and Angelo Troia for their valuable suggestions.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 16-04-00931, and partly by project AAAA-A17-117012610055-3 in agreement with state order for CSBG SB RAS (0312-2016-0005).