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Symploca hydnoides Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Plant forming a turf of erect, wick like bundles, some with false branching; Thallus tufted, dirty light blue green, filaments densely intermingled, falsely branched, sheath very thin; Trichomes light blue, not constricted except towards apical regions having very slight constriction; cells mostly isodiametric, slightly constricted at the nodes, the apical cell often slightly inflated and rounded, with a thin end wall. Cell contents homogenous with or without single centrally located gas vacuole; Cell wall thin, smooth.
Synonymised names
Arthronema hydnoides (Harvey) J.E.Gray, 1864 · unaccepted
Calothrix hydnoides Harvey, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Symploca hydnoides var. fasciculata Gomont, 1892 · unaccepted
Direct children (1)
Variety Symploca hydnoides var. fasciculata Gomont, 1892 accepted as Symploca hydnoides Kützing ex Gomont, 1892
Plant forming a turf of erect, wick like bundles, some with false branching; Thallus tufted, dirty light blue green, filaments densely intermingled, falsely branched, sheath very thin; Trichomes light blue, not constricted except towards apical regions having very slight constriction; cells mostly isodiametric, slightly constricted at the nodes, the apical cell often slightly inflated and rounded, with a thin end wall. Cell contents homogenous with or without single centrally located gas vacuole; Cell wall thin, smooth.
Synonymised names
Arthronema hydnoides (Harvey) J.E.Gray, 1864 · unaccepted
Calothrix hydnoides Harvey, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Symploca hydnoides var. fasciculata Gomont, 1892 · unaccepted
Direct children (1)
Variety Symploca hydnoides var. fasciculata Gomont, 1892 accepted as Symploca hydnoides Kützing ex Gomont, 1892






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