Tolypella palhinhae A.G.Cunha 1935
Publication Details
Tolypella palhinhae A.G.Cunha 1935: 42, fig. 1 (as 'Palhinhae')
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 palhinhae (A.G.Cunha) R.E.Romanov.
Source of Synonymy
Romanov, R. [E.] (2024). Taxon of uncertain affiliation Nitella palhinhae. In: Charophytes of Europe. (Schubert & al. 2024 Eds), pp. 1057–1060. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Type Information
Type locality: Lagoa dos Linhos, no Pinhal do Urso, ao S. da Fijueira da Foz [?], Portugal; (Cunha 1935: 1057) Lectotype (designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori, 1965: 559): Dr Goncalves da Cunha & L. Goncalves Sobrinho; May 1931; LISU; 45375). (Wood & Imahori 1965)
Eponomy
Named for "Le Directeur de !'Institut Botanique de la faculte des Sciences de Lisbonne, M. le Prof. Dr. Ruy TELLES PALHINHA,..."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 December 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2025
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Taxonomic note
"Corillion (1957a) suggested that Tolypella palhinhae could possibly be a regional variant of Sphaerochara intricata (= Tolypella intricata),but T. palhinhae is here referred to Nitella because of the furcate rather than monopodial branchlets (Wood, 1965). Wood (1962; 1965) synonymised T. palhinhae with N. ornithopoda, and the decision was never disputed, but the former seems to be quite different from the latter, because it has diffuse once furcate branchlets without a central secondary segment, the first branchlet node is fertile, it has bigger gametangia that are geminate, and clustered oogonia as well as shortly stipitate antheridia. The habit of N. palhinhae is quite distinct because of the uncondensed long once-furcate branchlets. N. palhinhae is only known from the type locality. New specimens would be required for a detailed examination to confirm its species rank or merge it with another species." (Romanov 2024: 1059). - (03 April 2025) - M.D. Guiry
Distributional note
Nitella palhinhae is known from a single locality in Portugal (Romanov 2024: 1059). - (03 April 2025) - M.D. Guiry
Conservational note
Nitella palhinhae has been assessed as DD (Data Deficient) in the European Red List. - (03 April 2025) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025
