The Genus Pinnularia Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) from the Transbaikal Area (Russia, Siberia): Description of Seven New Species on the Basis of Morphology and Molecular Data with Discussion of the Phylogenetic Position of Caloneis

Maxim Kulikovskiy; Anton Glushchenko; Elena Kezlya; Irina Kuznetsova; John Patrick Kociolek; Yevhen Maltsev

doi:10.3390/plants12203552

The Genus Pinnularia Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) from the Transbaikal Area (Russia, Siberia): Description of Seven New Species on the Basis of Morphology and Molecular Data with Discussion of the Phylogenetic Position of Caloneis

Plants (Basel). 2023 Oct 12;12(20):3552. doi: 10.3390/plants12203552.

Authors

Maxim Kulikovskiy¹, Anton Glushchenko¹, Elena Kezlya¹, Irina Kuznetsova¹, John Patrick Kociolek², Yevhen Maltsev¹

Affiliations

¹ K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia.
² Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.

Abstract

Seven Pinnularia species from the Transbaikal area, Russia, are described as new for science. These are P. baicalgenkalii, P. baicalflexuosa, P. microfrauenbergiana, P. pergrunowii, P. siberiosinistra, P. baicalodivergens, and P. baicalislandica. All species are described by original LM and SEM microphotographs and molecular phylogeny. We provide comparisons between the taxa and document variability in the features found in the species. The number of Pinnularia species in the Transbaikal area is the largest number of species of the genus anywhere in the world.

Keywords: Bacillariophyceae; Pinnularia; Transbaikal area; morphology; new species; phylogeny; systematics.

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