Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ravenelia epiphylla (Schw.) Dietel, Hedwigia 33 : 27. 1894
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Sphaeria epiphylla Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 40. 1822. Ravenelia glandulosa B. & C. Gard. Chron. 1853 : 132. 1853. Ravenelia glandulaeformis B. & C. Grevillea 3 : 56. 1874. Pleoravenelia epiphylla Long-, Bot. Gaz. 35 : 128. 1903.
Pycnia epiphyllous, punctiform, crowded in small groups, subepidermal, conical globoid, 90-120 fi wide and about the same height ; ostiolar filaments 20-40 p long.
Uredinia amphigenous, small, crowded in circular groups on yellow spots, subepidermal, soon naked, pulverulent, ferruginous, ruptured epidermis conspicuous ; paraphyses none ; urediniospores obovate or obovate-globoid, 19-26 by 28-35 ft ; wall golden-brown, medium thick, 2.5-3 fi, closely verrucose, pores 6, equatorial.
- bibliographic citation
- Joseph Charles Arthur. 1907. UREDINALES; COLEOSPORIACEAE, UREDINACEAE, AECIDIACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 7(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
