Nitella hyalina (De Candolle) C.Agardh 1824

Publication Details
Nitella hyalina (De Candolle) C.Agardh 1824: 126

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Publication date: probably September 1824

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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Chara hyalina De Candolle

Type Information
Syntype localities: aux environs de Lausanne; du Mans; de Nantes; (De Candolle 1815: 247) Lectotype: Hectot "Lac de grand lieu"; 1805; G-DC; (Wood & Imahori 1965: 660) Notes: Syntype, Lectotype [small bit in packet per R.D.Wood Sept. 14, 1956; ref. Wood 1965: 660 spec. g]: G, ex herbarium De Candolle. Lac de Grand Lieu [France, Nantes], Hecot, 1805 (Ahmadi et al., 2012: 384).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), glassy, hyaline, glassy-green.

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Description
The plants are up to 20 cm high. The axis is to 700 m in diameter. The species is easy distinguishable from other species by the accessory branchlets which are shorter than the other branchlets. The dactyls are 2-celled. The species is monoecious. The gametangia are often enveloped in mucus. The oogonia are solitary and up to 400 m long. The antheridia are about 400 m in diameter.

Habitat
Nitella hyalina is found in freshwater and slightly brackish water. In Finland it is found in brackish water in the Gulf of Finland. The species is annual. In Finland fructification takes place between July and October, and collected plants are often richly fertile. Ripe, brown oospores are found from September onwards.

Key Characteristics
Double row with branchlets

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 May 2020

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