Oscillatoria minnesotensis Tilden

  • Filed As

    Oscillatoriaceae
    Oscillatoria minnesotensis Tilden ( type )

  • Collector(s)

    G. Lilley s.n., 27 Feb 1902

  • Location

    United States of America. Minnesota. Hennepin Co. Minneapolis. near University campus, on sides of stone quarry under dripping water.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02399367

    Occurrence ID: 94e87dcd-a49c-41cb-b118-5e63d3f81ad9

  • Exsiccatae

    American Algae

    Exsiccatae Number: 596

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Minnesota

  • County/Municipio

    Hennepin Co.

  • City/Township

    Minneapolis

  • Locality

    near University campus, on sides of stone quarry under dripping water

  • Coordinates

    44.9744, -93.233

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    838

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BKL
Brooklyn
Botanic
Garden
Herbarium
Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae.
596. Oscillatoria minnesotensis n. sp.
Stratum thin, dark aeruginous ; trichomes more or less curved, especially
constricted at joints, 2.5 mie. in diameter, with straight or slightly bent
apex, neither attenuate nor capitate ; pseudocysts in general quadrate, 2-4
mie. long; protoplasm homogeneous ; dissepiments pellucid; apical pseud-
ocyst rotund ; no calyptra.
On sides of stone quarry under dripping water.
Near University' campus, Minneapolis, Minn.
Coll. Miss Gene Lilley 27 F 1902;
The plant differs from 0. geminata in the length of the pseudocysts, in tht
absence of granules, and! in its habitat. Like that species also, it resembles a
, . Pkormiiium, but the trichomes when examined were oscillating rapidly thus
NEW YORK botanical garden	HSlf I showing conclusively that it was an OscillatoHa.
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