Nitella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Kützing 1845

Tolypella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Leonhardi

Current name: Tolypella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Leonhardi
Habit. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK. - 28 August 2014. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Nitella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Kützing 1845: 255

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1845). Phycologia germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. [i]-x, [1]-340 ['240']. Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitella is Nitella opaca (C.Agardh ex Bruzelius) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tolypella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Leonhardi.

Basionym
Chara prolifera Ziz ex A.Braun

Type Information
Type locality: Moguntiae; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 May 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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