Freshwater Cyanobacteria of North-Eastern Australia: 3. Nostocales

• DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.359.1.1
• Publication Date: 2018-07-09T01:26:32Z
• Authors: GLENN B. MCGREGOR
• Keywords: Flora

This is the first detailed account of Nostocales north-eastern Australia, and third final volume in series documenting freshwater cyanobacterial flora this region. monophyletic group comprises filamentous cyanobacteria which produce heterocytes akinetes. Amongst cyanobacteria, perhaps most morphologically diverse, occurring as single filaments, unstructured aggregations, or colonies various arrangements, may exhibit false-, true-, no-branching. provides keys, morphological ecological data, photomicrographs for 35 genera, 93 species from nine families to enable identification natural populations based on stable recognizable characters observable by light microscopy. Distributional data are extensive surveys incompassing 358 sites represent major habitats region including rivers streams, palustrine lacustrine wetlands, thermal springs, artificial reservoirs, well a review Australian phycological literature.