Nitella microphylla A.Braun, nom. illeg. 1849

Publication Details
Nitella microphylla A.Braun, nom. illeg. 1849: 196

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.

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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
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Type locality: "Swan River Drummond, No. 9, in herb. Hook."[Swan River, Western Australia]; (Braun 1849: 196)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), small-leaved, little-leaved (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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