Anabaena portoricensis N.L.Gardner
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Authority
Gardner, Nathaniel L. 1927. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 1-144. pl. 1-23.
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Family
Nostocaceae
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Scientific Name
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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.
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Discussion
PLATE 12, FIGURE 14