PJB-2002-17
OCCURRENCE OF A NEW SPECIES OF CHARA (CHAROPHYTA) NEAR BALOCHISTAN COAST OF PAKISTAN
MUSTAFA SHAMEEL
Abstract
A new taxon, Chara krausei Shameel, has been described from a seawater lagoon near the coast of Gwadar, Balochistan (Pakistan) and compared with the ecorticated taxa like Chara braunii Gmelin. C corallina f. corallina Wood, C socotrensis f. pashanii Dixit and Lamprothamnium succinctum (A. Braun) Wood. It has been distinguished due to its small height, large number of branchlets in a whorl. small crown at branchlet apex, swelling Of penultimate and shortening of lower most segments of branchlets, Sturdy stipulodes and bracts, absence of gametangia at shoot nodes and bearing antheridia below oogonia.
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