Kaiparowitsia Mai, Johansen et Bohunická, 2018
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.365.1.1 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704900 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BFDE64-6C43-FFA9-009A-FD32FBBFFC3B |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Kaiparowitsia Mai, Johansen et Bohunická |
status |
gen. nov. |
Kaiparowitsia Mai, Johansen et Bohunická gen. nov.
Description:— Filaments flexuous, entangled, sometimes fasciculated, with one to several trichomes in a common sheath, unbranched. Sheath thin, colorless. Trichomes bent, flexuous, entangled, sometimes forming nodules, less than 2.0 μm wide. Hormogonia and necridia absent. Cells cylindrical, longer than wide, sometimes with outgrowths. End cells rounded.
Etymology:— Named for the Kaiparowits Plateau, a major geological formation in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from which the taxon was isolated.
Type species:— Kaiparowitsia implicata Mai, Johansen et Bohunická sp. nov.
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