Anabaena portoricensis N.L.Gardner

  • Authority

    Gardner, Nathaniel L. 1927. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 1-144. pl. 1-23.

  • Family

    Nostocaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Anabaena portoricensis N.L.Gardner

  • Description

    Species Description - Trichomes 7-8 µ diam.; cells dolioform to compressed-spherical, pale aeruginous; apical cells subspherical to blunt-conical, usually smaller than the others of the trichome; heterocysts spherical, 10 µ diam.; spores broadly ellipsoidal, 10 µ diam., about 15 n long, contiguous to the heterocysts.

    Distribution and Ecology - Growing in a ditch near Ponce, no. 1670 b, type.

  • Discussion

    PLATE 12, FIGURE 14