New aerophytic morphospecies of Cyanobacteria from tropical forest fragments in northwestern São Paulo state, Brazil

Author(s)

Lemes-da-Silva, Nadia Martins ^{[1, 2]} ; Zanini Branco, Luis Henrique ^[1] ; Necchi-Junior, Orlando ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Zool & Bot, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Biol Vegetal, Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Acta Botanica Brasilica; v. 24, n. 4, p. 916-923, OCT-DEC 2010.
• Web of Science Citations: 9

Abstract

Algae and Cyanobacteria can colonize a wide variety of terrestrial environments and the assemblages from aerophytic habitats are very poorly known. During the survey of aerophytic algal and cyanobacterial communities in forest fragments in northwestern São Paulo state, six cyanobacteria populations could not be identified at species level and, after morphological and metrical analysis, proved to be new morphotypes to Science. Four belong to the genus Aphanothece (A. excentrica, A. coacervata, A. densa and A. vaginata), one to Phormidium (P. arboricola) and one to Hapalosiphon (H.santannae). This study presents the description, comparison and proposition of the new morphospecies and improves taxonomic knowledge of the diversity of the group. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 04/04820-3 - Fauna and flora from forest fragments in the northwest region of São Paulo State: the basis to biodiversity conservational studies
• Grantee: Orlando Necchi Junior
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants