Bambusina borreri (Ralfs) Cleve

SÁNCHEZ, Luzmila, SÁNCHEZ, Fernando R., RÍOS-TOUMA, Blanca & José V. MONTOYA, 2025, Desmidiales (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae) from lowland rivers and floodplain lakes of Ecuadorian Amazonia, Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (3), pp. 31-60 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17067960
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7390B66-FFF8-9136-AE1F-F9FD0A5EFC12
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bambusina borreri (Ralfs) Cleve
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Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 20: 496 ( Cleve 1864). — Desmidium borreri Ralfs , The British Desmidieae: 375 ( Ralfs 1848).

Bambusina brebissonii Kützing , Species algarum: 188 ( Kützing 1849).

DISTRIBUTION. — Cosmopolitan. Amazon Basin: Grönblad (1945); Thomasson (1971); Melo et al. (2005); Souza de et al. (2007); Araújo et al. (2020). As B. brebissonii : Förster (1969); Uherkovich & Rai (1979); Uherkovich (1981); Souza de & Melo (2010); Cadima (2013); Feitosa et al. (2015). Western Amazonia (lowlands): Krieger & Scott (1957); Díaz-Olarte & Duque (2009); and Araujo (2003) as B. brebissonii .

DESCRIPTION

Cells 26.8-27.2µm long, 15.9-17.0 µm wide, isthmus 16.0 µm, apex 12.1-12.8 µm, cells 1.6 times longer than wide. Hyaline cell wall. Semicells are barrel shaped with parallel lateral margins and truncated apex; shallow median sinus, open median constriction, and minimal basal inflation on either side of the isthmus.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Conjugatophyceae
Order	Zygnematales
Family	Desmidiaceae
Genus	Bambusina