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![(a) Oospore (minus gyrogonite) of specimen p630 Chara sp. from coastal Lake Monibeong in western Victoria [T. Dugdale 2004; author's collection] with 17 strong ridges on the striae (= C. vulgaris var. vulgaris sensu RD Wood) (scale bar = 200 µm), (b) oospore wall is finely granulate (scale bar = 2 µm).](profile/Michelle-Casanova-4/publication/264240561/figure/fig3/AS:652977647915008@1532693411640/a-Oospore-minus-gyrogonite-of-specimen-p630-Chara-sp-from-coastal-Lake-Monibeong-in.png)
(a) Oospore (minus gyrogonite) of specimen p630 Chara sp. from coastal Lake Monibeong in western Victoria [T. Dugdale 2004; author's collection] with 17 strong ridges on the striae (= C. vulgaris var. vulgaris sensu RD Wood) (scale bar = 200 µm), (b) oospore wall is finely granulate (scale bar = 2 µm).
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Charophytes (family Characeae) are a cohesive group within the green algae. The genus Chara is abundant and diverse in a variety of Australian habitats. Approximately 37 taxa of Chara have been described on the basis of Australian collections. The current status of charophyte taxonomy is confused. RD Wood revised Australian charophytes in 1972 on t...
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... (1852) described two taxa for Australia C. contraria var. australis ( Fig. 1) and var. behriana (Fig. 2) that Wood incorporated into C. vulgaris var. vulgaris and var. gymnophylla. Grant and Proctor (1971) found that ecorticate and corticate clones of C. vulgaris were reproductively isolated. Some specimens have significantly different oospores ( Fig. 3) with 17-19 striae, more than has been recorded for any other b a charophyte (Wood 1959). The status of the two Australian varieties in this group (vars australis and behriana) needs examination. The variation in oospores in this group found so far (Figs 1-3) indicates that there is more than one, and possibly three, good species in ...
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... specimens stand out as distinctly different taxa, possibly undescribed species (e.g. p630 Fig. 3). However, much of the diversity in Australian charophytes has already been described (e.g. C. preissii, C. hookeri, C. myriophylla, and so on, Table 1) and examination of the original descriptions will be required to allocate names to the ...
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... This was recognised as a useful taxonomic character very early on (Braun 1849), and was termed a corona of cells (not to be confused with the coronula or 'little crown' of cells at the apex of the oogonium). The family Characeae was revised for Australia by Wood (1971); however, that revision resulted in an unusable taxonomy (Casanova 2005(Casanova , 2009, and some sections have since been revised (Casanova 2013a;Casanova and Karol 2014). In the present revision, Australian species of Chara sect. ...
... Reticulate ornamentation on oospores in Chara is unusual. All other Chara species known possess either smooth, pustulate or porate, fibrous or granulate oospores , Leitch et al. 1990Casanova 2005). Cortication is usually absent from the lowest axial internodes, and can be restricted to the very youngest internodes. ...
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... The genus Chara L. is characterised by a five-celled coronula on the oogonium (oosporangium), placement of the oogonium above the antheridium where they occur together, whorls of accessory cells below the branchlet whorls (stipulodes) and essentially monopodial branchlet structure. The family Characeae was revised for Australia by Wood (1971); however, Wood's revision resulted in an unusable taxonomy (Casanova 2005(Casanova , 2009 and recent studies have shown that the lumping of Australian species with those in the northern hemisphere, and the delineation of numerous subtaxa (varieties, forms) do not represent reality, or enhance utility. There are many more species in Australia than were recognised by Wood (1971) (Casanova 2005(Casanova , 2009(Casanova , 2013García and Chivas 2006) and current advances in charophyte taxonomy, including investigation of oospore morphology with scanning electron microscopy, have allowed a new approach to the systematics of this group. ...
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The response of swamp vegetation to cropping was measured by analysis of the seed bank present (as a measure of swamp resilience) and a survey of the extant vegetation (as a measure of swamp integrity). Samples of seed bank were exposed to a germination stimulus, the plants that germinated and established were identified, and the density of emergent vegetation was assessed. Surveys of the extant vegetation after flooding in cropped and uncropped swamps indicated that the plant communities establishing after the different treatments were different. Cropping results in a reduced diversity and density of plants, although swamp plant communities retain some resilience to such disturbances. Cropping also affects germination from the seed bank of these wetlands. The degree to which cropping is a threatening process to swamp plant communities and their dependent fauna will depend on whether vulnerable elements can return to swamps, which in turn depends on swamp management, connectivity and landscape level processes. As the climate changes and wetlands become more temporary and flooding less reliable, recognition and conservation of the processes that maintain biodiversity in the landscape will become more important.
