Nitella capillaris f. syncarpa (Thuiller) R.D.Wood 1962

Publication Details
Nitella capillaris f. syncarpa (Thuiller) R.D.Wood 1962: 16

Published in: Wood, R.D. (1962). New combinations and taxa in the revision of Characeae. Taxon 11: 7-25.

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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 syncarpa (Thuillier) Chevallier.

Source of Synonymy
Chevallier, F.-F. (1827). Flore générale des environs de Paris, selon la méthode naturelle. Description de toutes les plantes agames, cryptogames et phanérogames qui y croissent spontanément; leurs propriétés, leurs usage dans la médecine, les arts, et l'économie domestique; avec une classification naturelle des Agames et des Cryptogames, basée sur l'organisation de ces végétaux et accompagnée de dix-huit tableaux iconographiques formant un genera propre à en rendre l'étude plus facile; / par F. F. Chevallier, Docteur en médecine de la Faculté de Paris, Professeur de Botanique, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome deuxième. pp. [i-ii], [1]-416, [4]. Paris: Chez Ferra Jeune, librairie, rue des Grands-Augustins, nº. 23 (Paris, imprimerie de Decourchant rue d'Erfurth nº. 1).

Basionym
Chara syncarpa Thuillier

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in aquis stagnantibus" [around Paris, France]; (Thuillier 1799: 473)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillary, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 May 2020

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