Rediscovering of Chara braunii (Characeae, Charophyta) in Madeira (Macaronesian region, Portugal)

Leopoldo Medina; Pedro Nascimento; Miguel Menezes de Sequeira

doi:10.5209/bocm.79754

Rediscovering of Chara braunii (Characeae, Charophyta) in Madeira (Macaronesian region, Portugal)

Leopoldo Medina Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1675-4363
Pedro Nascimento University of Madeira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-4267
Miguel Menezes de Sequeira University of Madeira https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9728-465X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/bocm.79754

Keywords: Algae, Charophyta, Madeira, Portugal, Macaronesia, Chara braunii

Abstract

Chara braunii C.C. Gmelin (Characeae, Charophyta) was found in Madeira Island (Portugal) in a water channel in an agricultural area. This constitutes the first record of that species since 1944 in the Macaronesian region (Azores, Madeira and Canary archipelagos).

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Medina L., Nascimento P. y Menezes de Sequeira M. (2021). Rediscovering of Chara braunii (Characeae, Charophyta) in Madeira (Macaronesian region, Portugal). Botanica Complutensis, 45, e79754. https://doi.org/10.5209/bocm.79754

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