Nitella pseudoflabellata is a species of algae[1] native to southwestern Australia] and New Zealand.[2]
Nitella pseudoflabellata | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
(unranked): | Charophyta |
Class: | Charophyceae |
Order: | Charales |
Family: | Characeae |
Genus: | Nitella |
Species: | N. pseudoflabellata
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Binomial name | |
Nitella pseudoflabellata A. Braun
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Description edit
Nitella pseudoflabellata is a species of algae that belongs to the genus Nitella. Its appearance is similar to many other Nitella species.
Range edit
Nitella pseudoflabellata is mostly located in coastal areas of Australia and New Zealand, although some instances of the species have been recorded in China, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Thailand and Japan.
Habitat edit
It is endemic to freshwater deposits in inland regions and wetlands.
Etymology edit
The pseudo- prefix means not genuine/false, while the -flabellata suffix in Latin is an inflection of flabellatus, meaning fan-shaped.
Taxonomy edit
Nitella pseudoflabellata belongs to the Characeae family.
References edit
- ^ Atapaththu, Keerthi Sri Senartahna; Md Harun Rashid; Takashi Asaeda (2016). "Growth and oxidative stress of Brittlewort (Nitella pseudoflabellata) in response to cesium exposure". Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 96 (3): 347–353. doi:10.1007/s00128-016-1736-4.
- ^ "Nitella pseudoflabellata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-07-18.