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Spirogyra cardinia (Zygnemataceae, Zygnematophyceae, Chlorophyta): A new species of freshwater alga from Victoria, Australia

Simon H Lewis, Timothy J. Entwisle

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Spirogyra cardinia (Zygnemataceae, Chlorophyta), a new species of freshwater alga from Victoria, Australia, in Section Conjugata (Vaucher) Hansg., Punctata-Group (Kadlubowska 1984) from the Cardinia Reservoir area in south-eastern Victoria, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to S. bellis (Hassall) Cleve (which is in the Maxima-Group (Kadlubowska 1984)) and S. occidentalis (Transeau) Czurda (which is in the Punctata-Group (Kadlubowska 1984)) but differs in chloroplast number and vegetative filament and zygospore dimensions.

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Key concepts: Spirogyra, Chlorophyta, Algae, Botany, Biology, Ecology, Geography