Acinaria Rafinesque, 1819, nom. illeg.
Type species: a type species (generitype) appears not to have been designated.
Publication details: Rafinesque, 1819: 107
Original publication: Rafinesque, C.S. (1819). Prodrome des nouveaux genres de Plantes observés dans les États-Unis d'Amérique. Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts 89(2): 96-107.
Request PDFFossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-04-04 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitella.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Wood, R.D. (1948). On Rafinesque's name for the Characeae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 75(3): 282-285.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025
