Tolypella hispanica Nordstedt ex T.F.Allen 1888
Publication Details
Tolypella hispanica Nordstedt ex T.F.Allen 1888: 51
Published in: Allen, T.F. (1888). The Characeae of America. Part I. Containing the introduction, morphology and classification. pp. 1-64, 54 figs.. New York: Press of John G. Rankin, Jr.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Tolypella is Tolypella nidifica (O.F.Müller) A.Braun.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Cartama [Malaga, Spain]; (Allen 1888: 51) Lectotype (Guadalhorce à Pizarra [Spain]; designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1965: 733): N. Hjalmar Nilsson 27; May 30, 1883; LD; (Wood & Imahori 1965: 733) Notes: Prov. Malaga. In flumine Gualdalhorce ad Pizarra (f. robustior ) et ad Cartama (f. gracilior (Nordstedt, 1889).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 12 July 2002 by Rafael Conce.
Last updated: 22 January 2025
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Nomenclatural note
Nordstedt (1889: 18, pl. 1: fig. 44) (INA). - (07 April 2017) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
"According to the current available information, it is a mainly Mediterranean species, present in the south of Europe [from the Iberian Peninsula (Cirujano Bracamonte et al., 2013), southern France (Corillion, 1961) and Italy (Becker, 2019; Corillion and Guerlesquin, 1963) to Greece], and in North Africa, where it is relatively frequent in the three Maghreb countries (29 localities from 2 to 2090 m a.s.l.) (Muller et al., 2017). Disjunct areas are reported in Asia (Iran, Pakistan, West Siberia) (Cirujano et al., 2008; Corillion, 1957; Romanov et al., 2019)." (Troia & al. 2024). - (22 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
brackish-water species, in shallow water (Muller et al., 2017). - (01 November 2017) - G.M. Guiry
Conservational note
"Critically endangered (CR) in the Balkans (Blazencic et al., 2006). Endangered in Greece (U. Raabe pers. comm.). Rare in Italy (Bazzichelli and Abdelahad, 2009), but common in Sardinia (Becker, 2019). In Spain, its status is Least Concern. The main threats are habitat destruction, with desiccation of wetlands and eutrophication." (Troia & al. 2024). - (22 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025
