Nitella nidifica (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1824

Current name: Tolypella nidifica (O.F.Müller) A.Braun
T. nidifica f. groenlandica

Publication Details
Nitella nidifica (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1824: 125

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 currently regarded as a synonym of Tolypella nidifica (O.F.Müller) A.Braun.

Source of Synonymy
Leonhardi, H. von (1864). De bisher bekannten Oesterreichischen Armleuchter-Gewächse besprochen vom morphogenetischen Standpuncte Naturforschern und Philosophen. Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 2 (Abhlandungen): 122-223.

Basionym
Conferva nidifica O.F.Müller

Type Information
Type locality: "inter Fioniam & Lalandiam in fundo ad littora" [Denmark]; (Müller 1778: 6) "Holotype" (Müller, 1777: pl. 761. 1777): (Lambert & Schubert 2024: 997)

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025