Tolypella coutinhoi A.G.Cunha 1935
Publication Details
Tolypella coutinhoi A.G.Cunha 1935: 44, figs 2, 3 (as 'Coutinhoi')
Published in: Cunha, A.G. da (1935). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Characées du Portugal. Bulletin de la Société Phycologique de France 12(8): 41-58.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Tolypella is Tolypella nidifica (O.F.Müller) A.Braun.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitella capillaris (Krocker) J.Groves & Bullock-Webster.
Source of Synonymy
Nat, E. (2024). Nitella capillaris. In: Charophytes of Europe. (Becker & al. 2024 Eds), pp. 783–792. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Eponomy
"Nous voulons rendre hommage à M. le Prof. Dr. D. ANTÓNIO XAVIER PEREIRA COUTINHO, le grand botaniste portugais..."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 December 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2025
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Nomenclatural note
"R. D. Wood and S. Cirujano regarded Tolypella coutinhoi as a synonym of Nitella syncarpa, but this has been rejected by R. Romanov after the study of type specimen of T. coutinhoi." (Nat 2024: 783). - (20 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025
