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0382553DFFDAFF85FEB12935FA378E0D.text	0382553DFFDAFF85FEB12935FA378E0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chara braunii C. C. GMELIN	<div><p>Chara braunii C. C. GMELIN</p> <p>Syn. C. coronata ZIZ ex BISCHOFF, C. braunii f. braunii (C. C. GMELIN) R.D. WOOD</p> <p>The species has been found in ten localities in Kenya and Tanzania (Text.-fig. 3).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>Most of the examined specimens were typical Chara braunii (Text-fig. 1). Plants are monoecious and up to 30 cm high. The axis is 650–1200 µm in diameter and is without cortex and spine-cells. Stipulodes are in 1 tier with 1 cell per branchlet and 500–750 µm long, broad, acute. Branchlets are 8–9, 1–3x as long as the internodia and up to 20 mm long, with 4–5 segments, the end-segment having a corona. Bract-cells and bracteoles are slightly shorter, or as long as mature oogonia. The gametangia are conjoined and the oogonia are commonly in pairs, at the lowest two branchlet nodes. The oogonia are 500–600 µm long (incl. coronula), 300–350 µm wide. The coronula is 100 µm high and 150 µm wide, divergent. The oospores are black to dark brown, c. 500 µm long and 300–350 µm wide, with 6–8 ridges (Text-fig. 1). The antheridia are 250 µm in diameter. Normally the species are richly fertile.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Chara braunii is a cosmopolitan species (Wood and Imahori 1959).</p> <p>E c o l o g y: This is a freshwater species found in pools, ponds and in slow running streams with soft water, as is common for Nitella. It is found up to an altitude of 1600 m (5400 ft.). Specimens with ripe oospores have most commonly been found in autumn (August – November).</p> <p>The examined herbaria specimens are (all from EA):</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDAFF85FEB12935FA378E0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
0382553DFFDBFF87FC0B2B58FD218E2E.text	0382553DFFDBFF87FC0B2B58FD218E2E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chara socotrensis NORDSTEDT	<div><p>Chara socotrensis NORDSTEDT in KÜHN</p> <p>Syn. Chara socotrensis f. socotrensis (NORDSTEDT in KÜHN) R.D. WOOD</p> <p>The species has been found in one locality in Somalia (Text-fig. 3).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>Plants are monoecious, 2–3 cm high (full length not attained as the plants were partly broken) and strongly encrusted. The axis is c. 500 µm in diameter and the internodes are much shorter than the branchlets (only upper part of plants). Stem and branchlets are ecorticated and spine cells are missing. Stipulodes are well developed, both haplo- and diplostephanous, two cells per branchlet (bistipulate) in the upper tier, pointing upwards, up to 400–500 µm long. In diplostephanous specimens the lower tier cells are short (50 µm) to papillous.</p> <p>Branchlets are 10 in a whorl and up to 17 mm long, 2–5x the length of internodes, segments 2, basal segment short (250 µm), terminal segment 2–4 celled, constricted.</p> <p>End cells are mucronate (Text-fig. 2), up to 250 µm long. Bract-cells are short to papillous. Bracteoles 2, up to as long as the oogonium. Gametangia are conjoined at branchlet nodes, unripe. The oogonia are up to 750 µm long (including coronula). The coronula is divergent. The antheridia are 300 µm in diameter.</p> <p>The specimens described here clearly fit the original description of Chara socotrensis. As noted by Nordstedt in Kuhn (1883), the stipulodes were partly diplostephanous, which he found very interesting. This phenomen was not seen by Wood and Imahori (1965) in their study of the type material. In icon 119 in Wood and Imahori (1964). the stipulodes are haplostephanous, unistipulate and alternate. Allen (1888) used one of Nordstedt’s drawings to illustrate a set of three stipulodes (tristipulate) (Allen 1888: fig. 28, p. 22), which in my opinion is two tiers. Chara socotrensis can therefore be refered to the diplostephanous species of Chara. In this group it will be the only totally ecorticated species.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Chara socotrensis is presently known from Socotra (Yemen) and Berbera (Somalia, this article) and Bolivia (South America) (Guerlesquin 1981).</p> <p>E c o l o g y: On the label is written – Water-weed. Floating in swamps. The locality is situated at c. 1000 m. altitude, and must be lime-rich as the alga is strongly encrusted. In Bolivia it is found in brackish water.</p> <p>The examined herbarium specimen is (from EA):</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDBFF87FC0B2B58FD218E2E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
0382553DFFDEFF81FF4E28B1FAEB8029.text	0382553DFFDEFF81FF4E28B1FAEB8029.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chara chrysospora J. GROVES et STEPHENS	<div><p>Chara chrysospora J. GROVES et STEPHENS</p> <p>The species has been found in one locality in Tanzania</p> <p>(Text-fig. 3).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>Plants are monoecious and up to 9 cm high (but specimens were partly fragmented) and slightly encrusted. The cortex is triplostichous, isostichous to slightly tylacanthous. Spine cells are single, acute, scattered and from papillous up to 150 µm long. The stipulodes are in two rows, two sets per branchlet. Upper row are with cells up to 250 µm long, lower row are not fully developed, and have cells from papillous up to 50 µm long.</p> <p>The branchlets are 9–10 in a whorl, and up to 14 mm long, and 1–2x the length of internodes. The branchlets in a whorl are both corticated (1–3 segments) and totally ecorticated. Some whorls have only ecorticated segments. The end segments are 2–4 celled, up to 9 mm long and ecorticated. The end-cells are acute, mucronate and up to 250 µm long. The bract cells are 5–6 in number, anterior 2, bracteoles 2 to 1000 µm long. Bractlets below some of the antheridia, up to 400 µm long. Posterior bract cells are shorter, up to 100 µm long. The gametangia conjoined on the 2–3 lowest branchlet nodes, both corticated and ecorticated. The oogonia are 500–600 µm long. The coronula is connivent, to 100 µm high and 150 µm wide. The oospores are 400 µm long, yellow brown (orange) with 11 ridges (Text-fig 5). Fossa 37.5–45 µm across. The antheridia are 350–450 µm in diameter.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Only found in Africa, in South Africa and Tanzania (this article).</p> <p>E c o l o g y: Chara chrysospora is a freshwater species, and the studied specimens are found in a river at high altitude (ca. 1500 m).</p> <p>The examined herbarium specimen is (from EA):</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDEFF81FF4E28B1FAEB8029	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
0382553DFFDFFF80FC1E2FE4FAFC8C5F.text	0382553DFFDFFF80FC1E2FE4FAFC8C5F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chara tanyglochis H. GROVES et J. GROVES	<div><p>Chara tanyglochis H. GROVES et J. GROVES</p> <p>The species has been found in one locality in Zambia</p> <p>(Text-fig. 8).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>Plants are monoecious and up to 30 cm high. The stem diameter is from 750 to 1000 µm and the internodes are up to 5 cm long. The plants are medium encrusted. The cortex is regularly triplostichous, isostichous. The spine cells are single, acute scattered and from papillous up to 150–250 µm long. The stipulodes are developed in two rows and acute. In the upper row the cells are up to 1000 µm long and in the lower row up to 500 µm long. The number of branchlets in each whorl is 8–9, up to 2, 4 cm long. The number of segments is 7–8, the end segments are 1–2 celled and ecorticated, up to 1 mm long. Bract cells are 8, unilateral (and not verticillate), anterior bract cells and bracteoles are up to 600 µm long, bractlets are papillous up to 200 µm long. Posterior bract cells are 4 in number and short. The gametangia are conjoined at most or all branchlet nodes. The oogonia are up to 1 mm long, with 11–12 convolutions. The oospores are dark brown. The antheridia are small (unripe).</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Chara tanyglochis is found in central and southern Africa (Wood 1978).</p> <p>E c o l o g y: Chara tanyglochis is a freshwater species.</p> <p>The examined herbarium specimen is (from EA):</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDFFF80FC1E2FE4FAFC8C5F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
0382553DFFDFFF80FE9F2E1AFD0A8E53.text	0382553DFFDFFF80FE9F2E1AFD0A8E53.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chara zeylanica WILLDENOW	<div><p>Chara zeylanica WILLDENOW</p> <p>The species has been found in two localities in Kenya and</p> <p>Zambia (near the border to Tanzania) (Text-fig. 8).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>Plants are monoecious, up to 6 cm high and slightly to moderate encrusted. The stem diameter is up to 1 mm and the length of the internodes is up to 2 cm. The cortex is regularly triplostichous. The spine cells vary in length from short to 500–600 µm long, dense in young internodes and scattered in old internodes. The stipulodes are in two tiers, two sets per branchlet. Cells in upper row are up to 800 µm long, longer than the lowest branchlet segment. Cells in lower row are up to 500 µm long. The number of branchlets is 9–11 in a whorl, with length up to 15 mm and up to 2x the length of the internodes. The branchlets have 7–10 segments of which the lowest are ecorticated and very short (up to 500 µm). The next segments are up to 8 times longer. The end-segments are one celled, acuminate and ecorticated, up to 600 µm long. The anterior bract cells are 2, up to 1250 µm long, and the posterior bract cells are from papillous to 500 µm long. The bracteoles are 2, up to 1000 µm long. The gametangia are conjoined at the 2 nd –4 th lowest branchlet nodes. The plants are richly fertile, with oogonia up to 850 µm long and 500 µm wide and with 11 convolutions. The coronula is divergent, 200 µm high and 250 µm wide. The oospores are dark brown to brown, ovoid, 650 µm long and 350 µm wide, and with 11 ridges. The antheridium is 350 µm in diameter.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Chara zeylanica is a widespread species (Wood and Imahori 1959). It is not found in Europe.</p> <p>E c o l o g y: Chara zeylanica is a freshwater species, found in rice fields and in different types of lakes. In Lake Tanganyika it was found at a depth of 1 meter and on muddy sandbottom.</p> <p>The examined herbarium specimen is (from EA):</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDFFF80FE9F2E1AFD0A8E53	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
0382553DFFDFFF82FC072A2CFD238BD5.text	0382553DFFDFFF82FC072A2CFD238BD5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chara kraussiana J. GROVES et STEPHENS	<div><p>Chara kraussiana J. GROVES et STEPHENS</p> <p>The species has been found in four localities in Kenya and Tanzania (Text-fig. 8).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>The plants are dioecious, 10–30 cm high and only slightly encrusted. The stem diameter is 650–900 µm and the internodes are up to 4.5 cm long. The cortex is regularly triplostichous, tylacanthous (Text-fig. 6) to irregularly (2)–3 corticated. The spine cells are papillous to short, 50–75 µm high, and acute. The spine cells are most dense in young internodes. The stipulodes are in two rows of which both are more or less developed, the upper row has cells up to 500 µm long and the lower has cells up to 300 µm long. The stipulodes are often obscure in older nodes. The number of branchlets is 8 in a whorl. They are up to 3 cm long and from 0.5x to 2x the length of the internodes. The branchlets are often connivent and have 7–9 segments, the first segment is very short, the end segment is 1-celled and ecorticated. The cortex of the branchlets is normal. Bract cells are 4–5, in female plants up to 650 µm long and posterior cells are short, up to 100 µm long. The two bracteoles and the one bractlet in branched dark green submerged aquatic herb with leaves in whorls up the stems and minute brilliant scarlet fructifications produced in a single open row up each leaf segment and making quite a show in small patches through the water when viewed from above. A dominant aquatic with occasional Utricularia – Lemna – stands of aquatic Cynodon dactylon – Panicum repens- Leersia hexandra – occasional Cyperus in pools about 1 ft. deep marginal to Aeschynomene swamp.</p> <p>2. Kilimanjaro: Moshi district, Mpololo, 3500ft. altitude. Leg A. Haaser, August 1928. Det 1957 G. O. Allen, Conf. 26.03.2005 A. Langangen (EA). (Text-fig. 7).</p> <p>3. Arusha: Maji ya Chai, 4500 ft. altitude Leg D. Vesey-Fitzgerald 27.7.1971. Det 31.01.2001 A. Langangen (EA).</p> <p>Description of specimens examined:</p> <p>Plants are dioecious and up to 20 cm high. The stem diameter is up to 800 µm. Sterile branchlets 1-furcate, 5 in a whorl. Fertile branchlets are very short, and forming numerous, dense heads. Gametangia on separate plants and enveloped in mucus (according to collector). The oogonia are up to 800 µm long and 600 µm wide.</p> <p>The oospore is brown, round and laterally compressed, up to 550 µm long and 550 µm wide, with 7 ridges. The oospore membrane is papillate, fossa 75–80 µm with 7 papilla across it (Text-fig. 9).</p> <p>The antheridia are 750–850 µm in diameter (Text-fig. 10), and have dactyls with thickened cell walls.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Nitella knightiae has only been reported from the southern part of Africa (Wood and Imahori 1965), but now also found in Tanzania.</p> <p>E c o l o g y: Nitella knightiae is a freshwater species</p> <p>(Groves and Stephens 1933).</p> <p>The examined herbarium specimens are (from EA):</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDFFF82FC072A2CFD238BD5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
0382553DFFDDFF82FF422A5CFDD58FB0.text	0382553DFFDDFF82FF422A5CFDD58FB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nitella mucronata (A. BRAUN) MIQUEL	<div><p>Nitella mucronata (A. BRAUN) MIQUEL</p> <p>The species has been found in two localities in Kenya and</p> <p>Tanzania (Text-fig. 8).</p> <p>Description of specimens from Lake Magadi:</p> <p>Plants monoecious, to 15 cm high and stem diameter is up to 750 µm. Fertile branchlets number 7 in a whorl, 2 furcate. Dactyls 2–3, 2–3 celled with a mucronate end cell. Gametangia conjoined at the branchlet nodes, without mucus. Oogonia up to 500 µm long and 320 µm wide with 7 convolutions. The oospores are brown and have a reticulated membrane. The antheridia are 280 µm in diameter.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n: Nitella mucronata is a cosmopolitan species and also widespread in Africa (Wood 1978).</p> <p>E c o l o g y: Nitella mucronata is a freshwater species, and found in rivers, dams and lakes (Krause 1997).</p> <p>The examined herbarium specimens are:</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0382553DFFDDFF82FF422A5CFDD58FB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Langangen, Anders	Langangen, Anders (2015): Some Finds Of Charophytes From East-Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya And Somalia). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4): 239-248, DOI: 10.14446/AMNP.2015.239, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e68b5381-f5a9-3d35-b948-d7596a6f5b4e/
