Stigonema cornutum N.L.Gardner

  • Filed As

    Stigonemataceae
    Stigonema cornutum N.L.Gardner ( holotype )

  • Collector(s)

    J. N. F. Wille 1077, 12 Feb 1915 - 15 Feb 1915

  • Location

    Puerto Rico. Maricao, on soil along the road towards Monte Montoso.

  • Habitat

    On soil along the road. On soil along the road.

  • Specimen Notes

    Mounted with the paratypes Wille 1975 (barcode 00953628), and Wille 1290 (barcode 00953350).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00953627

    Occurrence ID: a2ddc6be-d906-43c1-bad6-ba7d764605f8

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Puerto Rico

  • Locality

    Maricao, on soil along the road towards Monte Montoso

  • Coordinates

    18.1724, -66.9437

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    11481.5

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Maricao. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the region to find linear ext. (11470 m). Used MaNIS Georef. Calculator to find uncertainty (Bounded Area).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE
Maricao February 12-15, 1915

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Pi jATE 21, FIGURE 515

Filaments very irregular in shape and size, the main part
usually very blunt, 25-30 p (up to 50 p) diam.; branches of two
sorts, one similar to the main frond, sparse, arising without any
order, deeply constricted at the base, later completely separated
at the constricted base from the parent frond; the other more
numerous, arising in a similar manner, smaller, bearing a long,
sharp, usually curved, hyaline apex, changing to amber color
after the hormogonia disappear, the latter may or may not be.
deciduous; cells 4-6-seriate, 8-12 p diam. heterocysts small,
rather sparse; sheath homogeneous, hyaline, changing to
slightly yellowish when old.

Growing on soil along the road toward^ Monte Montoro,
Maricao, no. 1077, type; on moss, fern roots, etc., between Aibo-
nito and Cayey, no. 1975.

The cornute habit of Stigoneyna cornutum reminds one of
Kuetzing’s Stigonema polyceras (1851, pi. '38) in which the
attenuated portion contained cells. It was learned later that
Kuetzing’s plant is a lichen. The attenuated portion of the
branches in the above species, consists of homogeneous, hyaline
tegument, and the plant is a typical Stigonema. The cells in no.
1290 are larger than those of the type and more regularly ar-
ranged in nodes.

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