Nitella gunnii var. penicillata (A.Braun) A.Braun 1857
Publication Details
Nitella gunnii var. penicillata (A.Braun) A.Braun 1857: 211 (as '[alpha] penicillata')
Published in: Braun, [A.] (1857). Characeae australes; being a catalogue of the species of Australian Characeae which were known to Professor Braun in the year 1S54. Hooker's Jounal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 211-212, no fig,.
Request PDFType 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 Nitella penicillata A.Braun.
Basionym
Nitella penicillata A.Braun
Type Information
Type locality: "Van Diemen's Land, Gunn, 1833, No. 1002, in herb. Hook." [Tasmania]; (Braun 1849: 197)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 May 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
