Sphaerochara apiculata (A.Braun) R.E.Romanov, 2025

Romanov, Roman Evgenevich, 2025, Sawia gen. nov., and new combinations in Sphaerochara (Characeae, Charophyceae), Notulae Algarum 367, pp. 1-4 : 2

publication ID	2009-8987
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C7F9942-FFC6-FFD7-FF21-35CFFAC7C224
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sphaerochara apiculata (A.Braun) R.E.Romanov
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Sphaerochara apiculata (A.Braun) R.E.Romanov , comb. nov.

Basionym: Tolypella apiculata A.Braun in A.Braun & Nordstedt Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1882(1): 98, figs 79–83, 1883.

≡ Tolypella intricata var. apiculata (A.Braun) R.D.Wood Taxon 11: 23, 1962.

Lectotype (designated by Wood & Imahori 1965: 747): Chile: Chili, E. Bertero 3015, Herb. Montagne ( PC).

Registration (of name): http://phycobank.org/105340

Note: The placement of antheridia, “generally lateral to oogonium”, indicated by Wood & Imahori (1965: 747) for the lectotype and excellent drawings by Cáceres (1978) is a sufficient basis for transfer to Sphaerochara for this little-known species (see discussion in Blindow & al., 2018).