Biology:Nitella flexilis
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Short description: Species of alga
| Nitella flexilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Charophyceae |
| Order: | Charales |
| Family: | Characeae |
| Genus: | Nitella |
| Species: | N. flexilis
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| Nitella flexilis | |
Nitella flexilis, the smooth stonewort,[2] is a freshwater[3] species of characean algae that is used as a model organism for its large cell size and relative ease of cultivation in the laboratory.
Description
A robust species growing up to a meter long with axes up to 1mm wide. Branches in whorls once or twice divided.[4]
Distribution
The species occurs on all continents of the world except Australia .[5] It has been recorded from several counties in Ireland. From the Eglinton Canal in Galway;[6] and in Counties Down and Londonderry;[7] River Dorree in Clare Island Co. Mayo 2004.[8]
References
- ↑ Straminipilous Fungi: Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes, Including Sccounts of the Marine Dtraminipilous ProtIsts, the Plasmodiophorids, and Similar Organisms. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001. ISBN 978-0-7923-6780-2.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Nitella flexilis (Linnaeus) C. Agardh". http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=27202.
- ↑ Ed. Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K. 2007. New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN:978-1-904890-31-7
- ↑ Nitella flexilis (Stonewort). IUCN. 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T177256A7400738.en.
- ↑ Pybus, C.; O'Halloran, P. (2009). "Distribution of some submerged aquatic macrophytes in the Eglinton Canal, Galway". Ir. Nat. J. 30: 51–53.
- ↑ Morton, O. in Hackney, P. 1992. The Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Institute of Irish Studies and The Queen's University Belfast. ISBN:0-85389-446-9
- ↑ Ed. Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K. 2007. New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN:978-1-904890-31-7
Wikidata ☰ Q7041235 entry
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