Nitella gunnii var. penicillata (A.Braun) A.Braun
Publication details
Nitella gunnii var. penicillata (A.Braun) A.Braun 1857: 211 (as '[alpha] penicillata' )
Published in: Braun, [A.] (1857). Characeae australes; being a catalogue of the species of Australian Characeae which were known to Professor Braun in the year 1S54. Hooker's Jounal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 211-212, no fig,.
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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 Nitella penicillata A.Braun
Basionym
Nitella penicillata A.Braun
Type information
Type locality: Tasmania (Silva 1996-to date). Type: herb. Hooker Gunn, 1832, no. 1002 (Silva 1996-to date
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Tieffallenia Section Decandollea
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Key references
Wood, R.D. (1965). A revision of the Characeae. First Part. Monograph of the Characeae. pp. i-xxiv, 1-904. Weinheim: Verlag von J.Cramer.
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Verified by: 13 May 2019 by M.D. Guiry
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