Charophytes in warm springs on Svalbard (Spitsbergen): DNA barcoding identifies Chara aspera and Chara canescens with unusual morphological traits

The Troll springs are warm springs on Svalbard (Spitsbergen). Charophytes were collected in the years 1910, 1912, 1958, 1992/1993, and 2018. However, since the Chara samples showed unusual morphological traits, there were doubts with respect to species identity. We here use DNA barcoding to show tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Botany Letters
Main Authors: Langangen, Anders, Ballot, Andreas, Nowak, Petra, Schneider, Susanne C
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
Subjects:
Svalbard
Troll
Chara aspera
Chara canescens
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2678191
https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2019.1672104
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Summary:The Troll springs are warm springs on Svalbard (Spitsbergen). Charophytes were collected in the years 1910, 1912, 1958, 1992/1993, and 2018. However, since the Chara samples showed unusual morphological traits, there were doubts with respect to species identity. We here use DNA barcoding to show that there occur two Chara species in the Troll springs: Chara aspera and C. canescens. acceptedVersion

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