Nitella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Kützing

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Charophyta
Class Charophyceae
Order Charales
Family Characeae
Genus Nitella

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Habit. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Part of thallus. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Red-cyan anaglyph showing fertile branch in 3DCollected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Oogonium. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Coronal cells. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Oogonium and crown cells. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Habit. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Red-cyan anaglyph showing fertile whorl in 3D. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Fertile whorl. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

Ferile whorl as red-cyan anaglyph showing 3D. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.. 28 Aug 2014. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).

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Tolypella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Leonhardi Manubria within splitting antheridium. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK.
© C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication details
Nitella prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Kützing 1845: 255

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1845). Phycologia germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. [i]-x, [1]-340 ['240']. Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.
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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 prolifera (Ziz ex A.Braun) Leonhardi

Basionym
Chara prolifera Ziz ex A.Braun

Type information
Type locality: Moguntiae (Silva 1996-to date).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

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Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 January 2011 by Anders Langangen

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 288 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Anders Langangen in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 February 2020.