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FIRST GENETIC CONFIRMATION OF NYMPHAEA TETRAGONA IN LATVIA
(STEF92 Technology, 2021-12-20, Gunta Jakobsone, Anita Osvalde, Dainis Ruņǵis, Andrejs Svilans)
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In Latvia, the pygmy water lily Nymphaea tetragona Georgii was first reported 70 years ago in Lake Dunezers by Emilija Ozolina (1951). As no herbarium was collected, this finding was challenged. In 2017, during surveys of Saxifraga hirculus in the transitional mire Jaunciems in the Ances bog and forest reserve, N. tetragona was identified (based on morphological characteristics), found in shallow, elongated cavities with a solid base as an accompanying species. However, its presence in Latvia has not yet been abso...
Ecology and Environmental Protection2021