NEW FLORISTIC RECORDS OF VAUCHERIA (XANTHOPHYCEAE) IN EUROPEAN RUSSIA

Abstract

New records of 17 species Vaucheria, the genus of yellow-green algae, are reported from 12 administrative regions of European Russia: Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kostroma, Lipetsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Tambov, Yaroslavl regions, Krasnodar Territory, and the Republic of Adygea. Comments are given on morphology of the studied specimens and species distributions. V. birostris is reported as a new species to European Russia.