Title: <i>Hypnea platyclada</i>, a new species of red alga (Rhodophyta, Cystocloniaceae) from Brazil
Abstract: Hypnea platyclada sp. nov. is described in detail from plants collected in northeastern Brazil and compared with closely related species such as Hypnea volubilis . The new species is characterized by a cylindrical estolon and stipe, flattened upper portions, flattened fusiform branches, evident axial filament with aspect of midrib, tetrasprangia and spermatangia forming sori on one side of the branchlets, cortical cells of unequal size and lenticular thickening restricted to the extremities of the cells of the axial filament.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-03-07
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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