Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,809 meters (0 to 9,216 feet).Mean = 1,546.930 meters (5,075.230 feet), Standard Deviation = 893.790 based on 83 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Bacteria
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1894) C.r. Woese Et Al., 1990
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
()
- (Cohn, 1870) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
()
- Stanier, 1974 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Cyanobacteria
- Class:
Hormogoneae
()
- Subclass:
Nostocophycideae
()
- Order:
Nostocales
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 2002
- Family:
Rivulariaceae
()
- Kützing, 1843
- Genus:
Montanoa
()
- Specific descriptor:
leucantha
- (Lagasca) S. F. Blake
- Scientific name: - Montanoa leucantha (Lagasca) S. F. Blake
- Specific descriptor:
leucantha
- (Lagasca) S. F. Blake
- Genus:
Montanoa
(
- Family:
Rivulariaceae
(
- Order:
Nostocales
(
- Subclass:
Nostocophycideae
(
- Class:
Hormogoneae
(
- Phylum:
Cyanobacteria
(
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Montanoa
There are approximately 41 species in this genus:
M. andersonii · M. arborescens · M. arsenei · M. atriplicifolia · M. bipinatifida · M. bipinnatifida · M. castellana · M. dumicola · M. echinacea · M. fragrans · M. frutescens · M. gentryi · M. gigas · M. grandiflora (Tree Daisy) · M. guatemalensis · M. hexagona · M. karwinskii · M. leucantha · M. leucantha arborescens · M. liebmannii · M. macrolelpis · M. macrolepis · M. microcephala · M. mollissima · M. myriocephala · M. ovalifolia · M. palmeri · M. patens · M. pauciflora · M. pteropoda · M. purpurascens · M. quadrangularis · M. revealii · M. rosei · M. serrata · M. speciosa · M. standleyi · M. subtruncata · M. tehuacana · M. tomentosa · M. xanthiifolia
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de EcologÃa, A.C., México
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de EcologÃa, A.C., México
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1808043
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 972196
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:233585-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2092444
