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Lyngbya confervoide C.Agardh 1824

  • 1. Botanical Survey of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India AJCBIBG, Botanic Garden Howrah - 711 103 (India) drpratibha 2011 @ rediffmail. com (corresponding author)

Description

Lyngbya confervoide s C.Agardh ex Gomont

Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7, 15: 136 (Gomont 1892). Desikachary, Cyanophyta 314, t. 49, f. 9 & t. 52, f. 13 (Desikachary 1959). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 2: Oscillatoriales 19 (2): 623, f. 945 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005).

DESCRIPTION. — Filament almost straight; sheath colourless, homogenous, later becoming slightly thicker, lamellated; trichome olive-green or blue-green, usually not constricted at the cross-walls, cross-walls granulated, not attenuated at the end; apical cell rounded, calyptra absent (Fig. 8H).

DIMENSION. — Trichome 7.6-12.0 µm broad and cells 2.0-3.8 µm long.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Marine species; wet rocks; temperature 3.5°C.

Notes

Published as part of Gupta, Pratibha, 2021, First report of diversity of Cyanobacteria of Broknes Peninsula of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, pp. 241-251 in Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (15) on page 247, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a15, http://zenodo.org/record/7819309

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Oscillatoriaceae
Genus
Lyngbya
Kingdom
Bacteria
Order
Nostocales
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Scientific name authorship
C.Agardh
Species
confervoide
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lyngbya confervoide C.Agardh, 1824 sec. Gupta, 2021

References

  • GOMONT M. 1892. - Monographie des Oscillariees (Nostocacees Homocystees). Deuxieme partie. - Lyngbyees. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Serie 7 16: 91 - 264, pls 1 - 7.
  • DESIKACHARY T. V. 1959. - Cyanophyta. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 686 p.
  • KOMAREK J. & ANAGNOSTIDIS K. 2005. - Cyanoprokaryota 2 nd Part: Oscillatoriales, in BUDEL B., KRIENITZ L., GARTNER G. & SCHAGERL M. (eds.), Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Elsevier / Spektrum, Heidelberg 19 (2): 759 p.