CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF COMPSOPOGON COERULEUS |
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| Authors: | H Wayne Nichols |
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| Institution: | The Henry Shaw School of Botany, Washington University, Saint Louis 30, Missouri |
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| Abstract: | Compsopogon coeruleus has been grown in culture for 4 years. The life-history consists of reproduction by monospores and their germination and growth into erect filamentous (corticated or uncorticated) thalli. Plastids are parietal sheets in young cells but undergo characteristic divisions to form discoid segments in older cells. The chromosome number has been determined as 7 ± 1. Sporangia have been studied and their derivation compared to the sporangial types of Drew-Baker. Variations in cell walls, basal systems, spore germination and young plantlets are discussed. |
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