Nitella acuminata f. belangeri (A.Braun) R.D.Wood 1965

Publication Details
Nitella acuminata f. belangeri (A.Braun) R.D.Wood 1965: 408

Published in: Wood, R.D. & Imahori, K. (1965). A revision of the Characeae. First Part. Monograph of the Characeae. pp. i-xxiv, 1-904. Weinheim: Verlag von J.Cramer.

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 Nitella belangeri (A.Braun) A.Braun.

Basionym
Nitella acuminata var. belangeri A.Braun

Type Information
Type locality: "in pools near Gengu, on the coast of Coromandel" [SE India]; (Braun 1849: 293) Neotype (designated by Casanova & Karol 2023: 326: Bombay, Concan): 1847 (epitype) J.L.Stockes, sine numero; BM; 000904580 (Casanova & Karol 2023: 326) Notes: Holotype at B destroyed: fide R.D.Wood & K.Imahori, Revis. Charac. 1: 409 (1965).

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 23 March 2010 by Anders Langangen.

Last updated: 23 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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