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Type: Article
Published: 2012-01-01
Page range: 1–30
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Novel alpine algae from New Zealand: Chlorophyta

Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research, PO Box 40, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
Algae biogeography extremophiles new species green plants

Abstract

Four new species, Bracteacoccus ruber, Chlamydomonas palmellomoewusii, Elliptochloris philistinensis and Schizochlamydella orbicularis, and three new monospecific genera, Cryptodesmus ellipsoideus, Achoma brachiatum, and Variochloris pyrenoglobularis, are described from cultured material isolated from alpine herbfield soil of Mt Philistine, New Zealand.  New genetic information is also reported for Pseudococcomyxa simplex, which was cultured from the site previously.