Bibliographic Detail
Skvortsov, B.V., 1968
Reference:
Skvortsov, B.V. (1968). On some species of Euglena Ehr. from Singapore. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 22(3): 447-450, 12 figures.
Publication Date:
29 June 1968
Abstract:
Six forms of Euglena Ehr., collected by the author in the Lake of Botanic Gardens in 1962, are described. They are (1) E. downiae sp. nov., named in honour of Mrs. V. V. Down a British resident of Singapore and an old friend of the author's family., (2) E. prowsei sp. nov., named in honour of Dr. G. A. Prowse, Director of the Freshwater Fish Culture Research Institute, Malaca, (3) E. proxima Dang, var. tropica. var. nov., (4) E. clara Skuja var. singaporensis var. nov., and (5) E. variabilis Klebs. On 25th. July 1962 the author arrived in Singapore on a journey from China to Brazil, and thanks to the kindness of Mrs. V.V. Down, he was enabled to visit the Singapore Botanic Gardens and her own private garden where material was collected for his future studies. Samples of water plants and pond mud were taken for cultivation of algae by addition of pepton at the Cryptogamic Laboratory of the Botanic Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The cultue was found to contain the material described. The holotype of Euglena downiae, E. prowsei, E. proxima var. tropica, and E. clara var. singaporensis are preserved at the Cryptogamic Laboratory of the Botanical Institute of Sao Paulo, Brazil (S.P.).
