Nostoc membranaceum N.L.Gardner

  • Filed As

    Nostocaceae
    Nostoc membranaceum N.L.Gardner ( holotype )

  • Collector(s)

    J. N. F. Wille 952, 09 Feb 1915

  • Location

    Puerto Rico. By the banks of the Rio Grande, near Sabana Grande.

  • Habitat

    On sand rocks by the banks of the Rio Grande. On sand rocks by the banks of the Rio Grande.

  • Specimen Notes

    Mounted with the paratype Wille 1147 (barcode 00953549)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00953550

    Occurrence ID: f179f116-d071-475f-97fe-d2bf5c7d6c41

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Puerto Rico

  • Locality

    By the banks of the Rio Grande, near Sabana Grande.

  • Coordinates

    18.0734, -66.9547

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1531.57

  • Georeferencing Method

    BioGeomancer, Guide to Best Practices for Georefer. Located coordinates on shore closest to mdpt of Rio Grande segment bordering Sabana Grande. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the segment x2 = linear ext. (1520 m). Used MaNIS Georef. Calculator to find uncertainty

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND	BQTANICAL

FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO
COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE
MARICAO	FEBRUARY 12-15, 1915

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Determined by Francis Drouet

Nostoc membranaceum sp. nov.

Thallus in the juvenile stage more or less spherical and solid,
soon becoming hollow, still later becoming much lacerated and
expanding into thin, membranaceous, somewhat papery, strata
5-8 cm. across, 100-125 u thick; trichomes tortuous, densly
packed together; cells spherical to compressed-spherical, 4.b-
5.2 [x diam., pale aeruginous, almost homogeneous, but at times
containing a few small granules; lieterocysts spherical, 0.8 6.4 M
diam., very numerous; tegument firm, smooth on the outs ,
hyaline or changing to yellowish brown with age; resting spoies

unknown.

Growing 011 sand rock along the shore of the Rio Grande,
near Sabana Grande, no. 942, type; on a water pipe near a
stream in the vicinity of Maricao, no. 1147^

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FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO
COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE
Sabana Grande February 9, 1915

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Determined by Francis Drouet

00953550