Abstract

ECHENIQUE, Ricardo O; NUNEZ-AVELLANEDA, Marcela  and  DUQUE, Santiago R. Chlorococcales de la Amazonia Colombiana: II. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. [online]. 2013, vol.48, n.3-4, pp.407-420. ISSN 1851-2372.

Chlorococcales of the Colombian Amazon. II. In this paper 41 taxa belonging to the families Coelastraceae, Chlorococcaceae, Radiococcaceae, Palmellaceae, Oocystaceae, Characiaceae, Treubariaceae, Botryococcaceae, Micractiniaceae and Hydrodictyaceae of the order Chlorococcales were recorded. The material studied was collected in rivers and lakes from Colombian Amazon basin. Among the total taxa recorded, 20 are new for Colombia and 10 are new for the Colombian region of the basin. The family best represented in terms of species richness was Oocystaceae, with 10 taxa, and the largest number of taxa was found in lakes Yahuarcaca (Amazon River).

Keywords : Colombian Amazon basin; Chlorococcales; Taxonomy.

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