Nitella C.Agardh, 1824

Lectotype species: Nitella opaca (C.Agardh ex Bruzelius) C.Agardh

Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Type designated in: Horn af Rantzien, H. & Olsen, S. (1949). A suggested starting-point for the nomenclature of Charophyta. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 43: 98-103.

Description: Monoecious or dioecious. Plant axis and branchlets ecorticate. Stipulodes absent; branchlets in 1 whorl, or more than 1 whorl, per node, ecorticate; primary segments usually distinctly forked into 2-8 secondary segments, or further furcate. Terminal end segments (dactyls) 1-8 cells long. Gametangia arranged at the branchlet nodes, rarely at the axial nodes; antheridia terminal and oosporangia lateral. Helical cells of the oosporangium terminated by a coronula of 10 cells, in 2 rows of 5. Oospores usually flattened spheres or ovals, with 1-3 basal-cell impressions.

Information contributed by: Casanova & Karol (2023: 324). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-22 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Casanova, M.T. & Karol, K.G. (2023). Charophytes of Australia’s Northern Territory – II. Tribe Nitelleae. Australian Systematic Botany 36(4): 322-353, 16 figs.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024