Chara tenuissima Desvaux 1809
Current name:
Nitella tenuissima (Desvaux) Kützing
Courtesy of Nick Stewart and Tristan Hatton-Ellis. Cors Erdreinniog, Anglesey, Wales. Thallus tip. Red-cyan anaglyph. - 03 March 2014. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Chara tenuissima Desvaux 1809: 313
Published in: Desvaux, N.A. (1809). Plantes trouvées dans le Haut-Poitou, les unes nouvelles, les autres, point indiquées dans la Flore de France. Journal de Botanique [Desvaux] 2: 307-318.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chara is Chara vulgaris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitella tenuissima (Desvaux) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Type Information
Type locality: Haut-Poitou [Loire, France]; (Desvaux 1809: 313) Neotype: Desvaux?; B; W 17115-015 (Arbeitsgruppe Armleuchteralgen Deutschland 2015: 485) Notes: "Wood (1965: 552) designated as lectotype "Coll.? [Desvaux?] (PC)". The sheet PC 143200, with 4 specimens, exists in the herbarium of Desvaux (PC). One plant was collected by Desvaux but is not N. tenuissima (Gregor et al., 2012). There exists another sheet in PC (PC 143218) which contains, among other taxa, a specimen annotated as "Chara tenuissima Desvaux". This was seen by Wood who noted that this was not N. tenuissima but N. gracilis. As the lectotypification of Wood seems to be erroneous, T. Gregor and U. Raabe selected another specimen as "lectotype" from the Willdenow herbarium in Berlin which was sent from Desvaux to A. Braun. As this specimen is undated it should be better regarded as a neotype." (Schubert & al. 2024).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very fine (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 January 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025
