PT Journal
AU van Geest, A
   Coesel, P
TI Desmids from Lake Nabugabo (Uganda) and adjacent peat bogs.
SO Fottea
PY 2012
BP 95
EP 110
VL 12
IS 1
DI 10.5507/fot.2012.008
DE new desmid taxa; Uganda; species diversity; ecology; plankton
AB In 2006 the desmid flora of Lake Nabugabo and some adjacent peat bogs was studied. All in total some 108 taxa were identified. Fourteen taxa, most of them being only known from the African continent, are discussed in detail. Six taxa are newly described: Euastrum gemmatum var. quadrituberosum, Micrasterias stuhlmannii var. nabugabonum, Cosmarium nabugabonum, Xanthidium thomassonii, Staurodesmus eckertii var. africanus and Staurastrum capitulum var. foersteri. The morphological variation found in Staurastrum longicolle is discussed in the light of possible speciation of desmids in a limnetic environment.
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