Tolypella prolifera (A.Braun) Leonhardi 1863
Current name:
Sphaerochara prolifera (A.Braun) Soulié-Märsche
Fertile whorl. Collected by Sarah Lambert. Ditch near Peterborough, UK. - 28 August 2014. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Tolypella prolifera (A.Braun) Leonhardi 1863: 57
Published in: Leonhardi, H. von (1863). Ueber die böhmischen Characeen. Lotos 13: 55-62, 69-80.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Tolypella is Tolypella nidifica (O.F.Müller) A.Braun.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sphaerochara prolifera (A.Braun) Soulié-Märsche.
Source of Synonymy
van de Weyer, K. (2024). Sphaerochara prolifera. In: Charophytes of Europe. (Schubert & al. 2024 Eds), pp. 967–976. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Basionym
Chara prolifera Ziz ex A.Braun
Type Information
Type locality: "Moguntiae" [Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, German]; (Braun 1834: 352) Neoptype (Ramsey Huntingdonshire, England; designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1964: 744): A. Fryer and H. G[roves]; July 12, 1894; NY; (Wood & Imahori 1965: 744)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 March 2025
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025
