Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Spirogyra sp.
Spirogyra is a filamentous green alga with spiral, ribbon-shaped chloroplasts. Numerous
pyrenoids give the chloroplasts a lumpy appearance. There are many species in the genus Spirogyra.
Info from Dr. W.R. Norris and:
Graham, L.E., J.J. Graham and L.W. Wilcox. 2009. Algae, 2nd ed. Benjamin Cummings, New York, NY.
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Spirogyra species, collection by Peter Valentine; photo Russ Kleinman, Dr. W.R. Norris and the 2023 Biology of Algae Class at WNMU,
Silver City, Big Ditch Park, February 27, 2023
Spirogyra species, collection by Peter Valentine; photo Russ Kleinman, Dr. W.R. Norris and the 2023 Biology of Algae Class at WNMU,
Silver City, Big Ditch Park, February 27, 2023
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