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This paper deals with a collection of freshwater red algae from Peninsular Malaysia. Five species and one variety of them,Ballia pinnulata, Batrachospermum beraense, B. cylindrocellulare, B. tortuosum, Caloglossa ogasawaraensis var.latifolia andTuomeya gibberosa are described here as new taxa and the other three species,Batrachospermum vagum, Hildenbrandia rivularis andSirodotia delicatula are recorded here for the first time from Malaysia.
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This is a part of the studies of Lake Bera in the IBP Joint Programme between Malaysia and Japan, supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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Kumano, S. Notes on freshwater red algae from West Malaysia. Bot Mag Tokyo 91, 97–107 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02498253
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