Nitella praelonga A.Braun
Publication details
Nitella praelonga A.Braun in A.Braun & C.F.O.Nordstedt 1882: 40
Published in: Braun, A. & Nordstedt, C.F.O. (1883). Fragmente einer Monographie der Characeen von Hrn. A. Braun. Nach den hinterlassenen Manuscripten A. Braun's herausgegeben von Hrn. Dr. Otto Nordstedt. Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1882(1): 1-211, 7 pls.
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Publication date: before Aug 7 1883 [Smithsonian Stamp]
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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Nitella Section Riddellia
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Nitella praelonga var. praelonga (A.Braun) R.D.Wood 1962
Nitella cernua var. praelonga (A. Braun) R.D.Wood 1965
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nitella gelatinosa var. gigantea B.Halsted 1879
Nomenclatural notes
Nitella praelonga in Braun 1867: nomen nudum
Nitella prealonga Ravenel 1876 : Nomen nudum - (29 Mar 2010) -
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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Created: 02 October 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 November 2011 by Anders Langangen
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Anders Langangen in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019.
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