Nitella congesta (R.Brown) A.Braun 1849
Publication Details
Nitella congesta (R.Brown) A.Braun 1849: 198, no fig.
Published in: Braun, A. (1849). Charae australes antarcticae, or characters and observations on the Characeae of Australia and the southern circumpolar regions. Hooker's Journal of Botany & Kew Garden Miscellany 1: 193-203.
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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chara congesta R.Brown
Type Information
Type locality: "M. D. T." [southern and tropical Australia; Tasmania]; (Brown 1810: 346) Lectotype (Lucky Bay, Western Australia; designated by whom?): BM; 000904640 (Casanova & Karol 2023: 331)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), congested.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024