Studies on marine algae of Newfoundland. II. On the occurrence of Tilopteris mertensii

Tilopteris mertensii (Turn. in Sm.) Kütz. (order Tilopteridales, family Tilopteridaceae) is reported for the first time from Newfoundland. The record represents the third known locality for the species in North America. Newfoundland plants bore uninucleate monospores and plurilocular sporangia. Prel...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Botany
Main Authors: South, G. R., Hill, R. D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1971
Subjects:
Plant Science
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b71-036
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b71-036
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Summary:Tilopteris mertensii (Turn. in Sm.) Kütz. (order Tilopteridales, family Tilopteridaceae) is reported for the first time from Newfoundland. The record represents the third known locality for the species in North America. Newfoundland plants bore uninucleate monospores and plurilocular sporangia. Preliminary observations indicate that reproduction in Newfoundland is asexual, by direct germination of the monospores, with no apparent function of the motile spores.

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