Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J.Groves 1919

Current name:
Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J.Groves
End-on view of node. Collected by Emma Harris, Norfolk Broads, UK. - 04 August 2014. C.F. Carter (Chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J.Groves 1919: 127
Published in: Groves, J. (1919). Notes on Lychnothamnus Braun. Journal of Botany, London 57: 125-129.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitellopsis is Nitellopsis stelligera (Bauer) Hy.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chara obtusa Desvaux
Type Information
Type locality: "Ce Chara à été recueilli par M. Thuillier, dans les eaux stagnantes, aux environs de Paris; et par M. Desvaux, dans le Poitou." [Poiteau was a province of west-central France, capital Poitiers]; (Loiseleur Deslongschamps 1810: 137) Lectotype (Gallia; designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1965: 353): Desvaux?; No date; PC; (Wood & Imahori 1965: 353)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 January 2025
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Distributional note
Reported from New York, numerous inland lakes from Minnesota to Vermont, Lake Ontario and inland lakes in southern Ontario (Karol & Sleith, 2017).
- (29 November 2017) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 February 2025