Nostoc membranaceum N.L.Gardner
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Filed As
Nostocaceae
Nostoc membranaceum N.L.Gardner ( holotype ) -
Collector(s)
J. N. F. Wille 952, 09 Feb 1915
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Location
Puerto Rico. By the banks of the Rio Grande, near Sabana Grande.
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Habitat
On sand rocks by the banks of the Rio Grande. On sand rocks by the banks of the Rio Grande.
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Specimen Notes
Mounted with the paratype Wille 1147 (barcode 00953549)
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 00953550
Occurrence ID: f179f116-d071-475f-97fe-d2bf5c7d6c41
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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 membranaceum N.L.Gardner
Nostoc commune Vaucher det F. E. Drouet, Mar 1975
Note: [TYPE of N. membranaceum Gardn.] -
Type Details
holotype of Nostoc membranaceum N.L.Gardner
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Puerto Rico
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Locality
By the banks of the Rio Grande, near Sabana Grande.
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Coordinates
18.0734, -66.9547
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Coordinate Uncertainty (m)
1531.57
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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
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Geodetic Datum
WGS84
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Distribution
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN NEW YORK DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND BQTANICAL FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE MARICAO FEBRUARY 12-15, 1915 GARDEN No.// T7 ¿U -t 'UyfxjC j // i\L (LC Jv /J ‘¡tf4. ' //^/\ 6 7 8 9 10 _ KI v The New York copyright reserved Botanical Garden A YVWvX^Vv^. I>V 4 nr. (i7r 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^ 1; if. rf£,7 / I / , .¿J MHZrr^ if iM, THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE Sabana Grande February 9, 1915 No. f%Z 7 LT/P£ m 19 7S" Determined by Francis Drouet 00953550
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Nostoc membranaceum N.L.Gardner