Nitella furcata subsp. mucronata (A.Braun) R.D.Wood 1965

Nitella mucronata (A.Braun) Miquel

Current name: Nitella mucronata (A.Braun) Miquel
Red-cyan anaglyph. Castor Backwater, River Nene, Northamptonshire (as VC32), UK. Collected by Peter Kirby and Sarah Lambert - 07 September 2012. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk,com)

Publication Details
Nitella furcata subsp. mucronata (A.Braun) R.D.Wood 1965: 497

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 mucronata (A.Braun) Miquel.

Basionym
Chara mucronata A.Braun

Type Information
Syntpe locality: "Hab. apud nos rara. — Helv. — Berol." [Switzerland; Berlin]; (Braun 1834: 351) Neotype: Jack; Oktober 1858; NY; Braun, Rabenhorst & Stizenberger, Characeen Eur. 30 (Wood 1965: 504) Notes: Neotype locality: "Salem" [Schleswig-Holstein, Germany?].

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), furcate, forked (Stearn 1992).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 July 2016

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