Nostoc brittonii N.L.Gardner
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Filed As
Nostocaceae
Nostoc brittonii N.L.Gardner ( paratype ) -
Collector(s)
J. N. F. Wille 1229 c, 19 Feb 1915
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Location
Puerto Rico. on shaded earth near the "Campo" south of Maricao.
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Specimen Notes
Mounted with the holotype Wille 1290 a (barcode 00953544).
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 00953543
Occurrence ID: 0bc33d6e-2b65-486c-a259-1a0dae171921
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Kingdom
Algae
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Division
Cyanobacteria
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Class
Cyanophyceae
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Order
Nostocales
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Family
Nostocaceae
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All Determinations
Nostoc commune Vaucher det F. E. Drouet, Mar 1975
Note: [TYPE of N. brittonii Gardn.] -
Type Details
paratype of Nostoc brittonii N.L.Gardner
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Puerto Rico
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Locality
on shaded earth near the "Campo" south of Maricao
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Coordinates
18.1656, -66.987
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Coordinate Uncertainty (m)
1861.53
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Georeferencing Method
Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of area S of Maricao by Measured dist. btwn centers of Maricao + nearest place S, Campamento Buena Vista; 1/2 dist. = linear ext (1850 m). Input info into MaNIS Georef. Calc to find uncert. Rad. (Direction only, no dist).
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Geodetic Datum
WGS84
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Distribution
( 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I//7 / /1 \ \ \\~sl The New York cm copyright reserved Botanical Garden - Yû ft 2f ' Î K f v/ft /? 'Vv N&iXtn. COl*V*IMA-*VJ& [TYPÉ M ßoÜUrwU Slr^,] Determined by Francis Drouet M AHICAU TU- /«ïTS rEBRUAPY -Âi Nostoc Erittonii sp. nov. Thallus spherical, up to 2 mm. diam., firm, smooth; trichomes very tortuous, moderately crowded, 3.6-4.8 ¡j diam.; cells dolio- form to subspherical, bright violet or drab, fading to greenish;; heterocysts spherical, single in the juvenile stage of the tri- chome, later, on the formation of hormogonia, two or more are formed, these usually being somewhat smaller; tegument opales- cent when young, changing to purplish drab, and finally to yel- lowish brown; resting spores unknown. At “Campo” south of Maricao, collected by Dr. N. L. Brit- ton, no. 1290 a, type; collected by Dr. Wille in the same locality,. no. 1229 c. No resting spores have been observed in the material of this species of Nostoc. Some of the colonies, however, are mature and have formed hormogonia with definite individual teguments showing the beginning of new colonies. After having been dried, the color seems to diffuse out of the trichomes into the tegument when wet. Determined u, THE No. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND FRESH WATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO COLLECTED BY N. L. BRITTON Maricao February 19I5 3J. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 00953543 THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE MARICAO FEBRUARY 12-tfr, 1915 No ./cLSsÿ ts 0^9), ? A” // fi/ 00953543 00953544
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Nostoc brittonii N.L.Gardner