New data on Bacillariophyta of Belarussia. 2. Fam. Fragilariaceae (Kütz.) de Tony, Diatomaceae Dumort. and Tabellariaceae F. Schütt
Kulikovskiy M.S.1, Genkal S.I.1, Mikheyeva T.M.2- 1Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS,
- Settle of Borok, Nekouzskiy District, 152742 Yaroslavl Region, Russia
- 2Belarusian State University,
- 4, Independence Av., 220030 Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Diatoms flora from families Diatomaceae, Tabellariaceae, Fragilariaceae including 39 species and 10 unidentified taxa from 13 genera (23 – new for the river flora and 7 – for the Belarus) is discovered from the River Svisloch. Four new combinations Staurosira berolinensis (Lemmerm.) Kulikovskiy & Genkal comb. nov., S. leptostauron (Ehrenb.) Kulikovskiy & Genkal comb. nov., S. triangexigua Kulikovskiy & Genkal comb. nov., nom. nov., Pseudostaurosira subconstricta (Grunow) Kulikovskiy & Genkal comb. nov., stat. nov. are suggested. Staurosira sviridae Kulikovskiy, Genkal & Mikheeva sp. nov. is described as new for science. Modern problems of fragilarioid taxonomy are shown. LM and SEM pictures for the all founded species are given in this article.
Keywords: Belarus, Svisloch River, Bacillariophyta, flora, new taxa, taxonomic combinations
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