Stigonema minutum var. pauciramosum 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

    Stigonemataceae

  • Scientific Name

    Stigonema minutum var. pauciramosum N.L.Gardner

  • Description

    Species Description - Filaments blunt and irregularly bent, not oriented into upper and lower ends, smooth and fairly regular on the surface, very sparsely and irregularly branched, 28-32 p diam.; hormogoniferous branches 30-45 p long, other branches similar to the main filament; cells 4-6-seriate, longer than the diameter, finely granular, bright bluish-green; tegument thin, firm, smooth,' homogeneous, yellowish brown.

    Distribution and Ecology - Growing on " Flytteblok," west of Humacao, no. 568, type.