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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| Binomial name | |
| 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[edit]
A robust species growing up to a meter long with axes up to 1mm wide. Branches in whorls once or twice divided.[4]
Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Nitella flexilis (Linnaeus) C. Agardh". Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ 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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 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
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