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Guide to Lindavia bodanica

(Eulenst. ex Grunow) Nakov, Guillory, M.L.Julius, E.C.Ther. and A.J.Alverson 2015

Lindavia Bodanica Guide
  1. Valve face weakly undulate
  2. Central ornamentation covers 2/3 of valve diameter
  3. Central ornamentation variable
  4. Rimoportulae 2-5

Valves are weakly concentrically undulate. The central ornamentation is composed of areolae covering 2/3 of the valve face radius. Central areolae may be arranged in central rosette surrounded by an annulus, radial rows, or a randomly arrangement. Two to five rimoportulae are present at the end of a shortened stria.