Journal article
OOSPORE DIMENSIONS AND MORPHOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICAN TOLYPELLA (CHAROPHYCEAE, CHAROPHYTA)
Journal of phycology, v 51(2), pp 310-320
01 Apr 2015
PMID: 26986526
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Abstract
Characteristics of the oospores have been used to delimit sections and, in some cases, species in the genus Tolypella A. Braun. To test the utility of oospore characters for identifying North American species of Tolypella, we investigated oospores from field-collected and herbarium specimens. Oospore dimensions (length, width, and length to width ratio) and morphology (color, ridge number and shape, wall ornamentation, and basal impression number) were measured. Oospore dimensions were statistically analyzed and oospore morphology was studied with light and scanning electron microscopy. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in length, width, and length to width ratios among most Tolypella species and populations but there was considerable overlap, which suggested that species identification based on oospore measurements alone is not wholly reliable. In addition, oospore morphology was not unique for every species.
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- Title
- OOSPORE DIMENSIONS AND MORPHOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICAN TOLYPELLA (CHAROPHYCEAE, CHAROPHYTA)
- Creators
- William Perez - New York Botanical GardenJohn D. Hall - University of Maryland, College ParkRichard M. McCourt - Drexel UniversityKenneth G. Karol - New York Botanical Garden
- Publication Details
- Journal of phycology, v 51(2), pp 310-320
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics of The New York Botanical Garden DEB-1020660; DEB-1036466; DEB-1020948; DEB-1036478 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) American Society of Plant Taxonomists 1020948 / Direct For Biological Sciences; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) City University of New York Phycological Society of America
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000352617500011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84926515844
- Other Identifier
- 991019167868604721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Plant Sciences