Oedogonium braunii Kützing ex Hirn 1900

Publication Details
Oedogonium braunii Kützing ex Hirn 1900: 194, pl. XXXII [32]: fig. 197

Published in: Hirn, K.E. (1900). Monographie und iconographie der Oedogoniaceen. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 27: i-iv, 1-394, 27 figures, 44 plates.

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Publication date: 1 January 1900

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Oedogonium is Oedogonium grande Kützing ex Hirn.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Cells cylindrical, 13-15 µm wide, 2 to 4 times as long as wide; oogonium single, ovoid to almost spherical, 30-37 µm wide, 33-43 µm long, opening by a median pore; oospore spherical, not filling oogonium, 27-33 µm wide, 27-33 µm long, walls smooth; suffultory cell similar to adjacent vegetative cells; dwarf male, stipe 7-12 µm wide, 20-28 µm long; gynandrosporous.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 December 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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