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Beckspringia
Taxonomy
Beckspringia was named by Licari (1978). Its type is Beckspringia communis.
It was assigned to Nostocaceae by Licari (1978).
It was assigned to Nostocaceae by Licari (1978).
Species
B. communis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Beckspringia Licari p. 779 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 3-6, 7?; Table 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. R. Licari 1978 | Trichomes multicellular, unbranched, uniseriate, solitary, straight to sinuous, rarely coiled, and nonattenuated. Individual cells commonly keg-shaped with constrictions at septa, or cylindrical with length equal to or slightly greater than diameter; very rarely with cell width less than length. Cells commonly somewhat irregular in length, width and shape. Occasional enlarged spherical, heterocystlike cells along trichomes; other possible reproductive structures unknown. Widths of trichomes observed, 1.2-5 μ,m. Trichomes typically long with lengths to over 940 μ,m. Sheath not present. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Vachard and Aretz 2004 | |||||