SOME NEW TAXA OF CHARA FROM SHANXI

This paper presents 5 species of the genus Chara L. (Characeae) collected and identified by the authors from Shanxi Province of China. Two new species are Chara yunchengensis sp. nov. and C. pseudocanescens Ling, Xie et Qiu, sp. nov. Three new records to China are Chara altaica A. Br., C. howeana (R. D. Wood) Ling, Xie et Qiu, comb. nov. and C. delicatula var. barbata (Gant.) J. Grov.