New records of the rare, endemic species Spondylosium luetzelburgianum comb. nov. and S. simplex comb. nov. (Desmidiaceae) from Brazil

GERALDO JOSÉ PEIXOTO RAMOS; CARLOS WALLACE DO NASCIMENTO MOURA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.415.1.8

Issue: Vol. 415 No. 1: 23 August 2019

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2019-08-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.415.1.8

Page range: 85–88

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**New records of the rare, endemic species Spondylosium luetzelburgianum comb. nov. and S. simplex comb. nov. (Desmidiaceae) from Brazil**

GERALDO JOSÉ PEIXOTO RAMOS⁺⁻
CARLOS WALLACE DO NASCIMENTO MOURA⁺⁻

Programa de Pós‑Graduação em Botânica,, Laboratório de Ficologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. ansnordestina, s/nº, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil

Algae Brazil Conjugatophyceae desmids taxonomy

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Abstract

The rare desmid species Sphaerozosma luetzelburgianum Krieger and Phymatodocis simplex Förster, endemic to Brazil, are transferred to the genus Spondylosium. Distribution data as well as taxonomic notes on the two species are provided.