Potamogeton schweinfurthii en la Península Ibérica

  • Aymerich, Pere
  • Kaplan, Zdenek
  • Guardiola, Moisès
  • Petit, Albert
  • Schwarzer, Udo
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Publication date
December 2012
Publisher
Editorial CSIC

Abstract

We provide the first records for the Iberian Peninsula of Potamogeton schweinfurthii A. Benn., a species distributed mainly in Africa that was not discovered in Europe until 2005, where it is assumed to be indigenous but it has generally been confused with P. lucens. The Iberian specimens, which for the most part are from recent collections, have been identified based on morphological characteristics and molecular studies. We have detected 8 localities, 4 in the northeastern area of the Peninsula (Catalonia and Navarra) and 4 from the West (south and north of Portugal and western Andalusia). Our studies show that it is a very rare species on a regional level. Although it is a mainly tropical and subtropical species, we have found that P. sc...

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