Nitella flexilis

Nitella flexilis
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Charophyceae
Order:	Charales
Family:	Characeae
Genus:	Nitella
Species:	N. flexilis
Binomial name
	Nitella flexilis; (L.) C.Agardh

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 Accounts of the Marine Straminipilous 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
^ IUCN (2010-10-01). Nitella flexilis: Mani, S.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T177256A7400738 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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

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[isbn0-7923-6780-4-1] Straminipilous Fungi: Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes, Including Accounts of the Marine Straminipilous Protists, the Plasmodiophorids, and Similar Organisms. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001. ISBN 978-0-7923-6780-2.

[BSBI07-2] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[3] "Nitella flexilis (Linnaeus) C. Agardh". Retrieved 11 January 2010.

[4] 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

[5] IUCN (2010-10-01). Nitella flexilis: Mani, S.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T177256A7400738 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2011-1.rlts.t177256a7400738.en.

[6] Pybus, C.; O'Halloran, P. (2009). "Distribution of some submerged aquatic macrophytes in the Eglinton Canal, Galway". Ir. Nat. J. 30: 51–53.

[7] 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

[8] 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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