Nitella barbata (Meyen) Rabenhorst 1846
Publication Details
Nitella barbata (Meyen) Rabenhorst 1846: 196
Published in: Rabenhorst, G.L. (1846 '1847'). Deutschlands Kryptogamen-Flora oder Handbuch zur Bestimmung der kryptogamischen Gewächse Deutschlands, der Schweiz, des Lombardisch-Venetianischen Königreichs und Istriens. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abteilung: Algen. pp. [ii]-xix, [xx, err.], [1]-200, [201]-216, index. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.
Request PDFPublication date: Oct-Nov 1846
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 Lychnothamnus barbatus (Meyen) Leonhardi.
Basionym
Chara barbata Meyen
Type Information
Type locality: "Plötzensee bei Berlin" [Germany]; (Meyen 1827: 75) Neotype: Bauer (epitype) aestate 1828. In lacu "Plötzensee" vicinia Berol.; NY; 01089212 (Wood & Imahori 1965)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bearded.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 April 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
