- SHORT COMMUNICATION - Some charophytes from the Western Cyclades (Greece) ANDERS LANGANGEN Hallagerbakken 82b, 1256 Oslo, Norway Abstract In the summer of 2005, I visited the following islands of the Western Cyclades: Milos, Kimolos, Sifnos, Serifos, Kythnos and Kea (Tzia). Charophytes were found in Milos, Sifnos and Serifos. In Milos, I found one saline lake with the species Lamprothamnium papulosum. On the beach of Kamares, Sifnos, I found two localities with slightly brackish water and with the species Chara corfuensis and C. vulgaris, of which C. corfuensis is endemic to the area. The locality on Serifos is a freshwater dam with C. globularis. The locality with C. corfuensis in Serifos should be protected as the species is threatened there.   < back .