Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Oedogonium howardii G. West, Jour. Bot. 42: 281. 1904;
Tiff. Brittonia 2: 169. 1936.
Oedogonium Howardii var. minus Tiff. Bot. Gaz. 83: 204. 1927.
Dioecious, macrandrous; oogonium single or double, globose or subglobose, with broad median operculum; oospore globose, filling oogonium, its wall smooth; antheridia to 16-seriate, sperm single; vegetative cell evidently capitellate; basal cell subhemispheric to nearly spheric; vegetative cell 7-12 by 18-42 /a; oogonium 26-33 by (23-) 26-33 m; oospore 21-30 by 24-
30 m; antheridium 7-9 by 5-14 fx; basal cell 12-20 by 10-13 ft.
Type locality: Barbados.
Distribution: Ohio, Illinois, Florida, Oklahoma; Barbados.
- bibliographic citation
- Lewis Hanford Tiffany. 1937. OEDOGONIALES; OEDOGONIACEAE. North American flora. vol 11. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
