The name Nitella is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Nitella C.Agardh, 1824

Botany

Taxonomy

Algues 172
Characeae 13
Indet. 6

Species

Nitella axillaris A.Braun 1 1
Nitella bastinii Allen 1
Nitella batrachosperma A.Braun ex Kütz. 2 2
Nitella brachyteles A. Braun 1 1
Nitella capitata 9 8
Nitella cernua A.Braun 1
Nitella clavata A.Braun 4 3
Nitella confervacea (Bréb.) A.Braun ex Leonhardi 1
Nitella flabellata 1 1
Nitella flexilis 17 14
Nitella glomerata 4 4
Nitella gracilis 9 8
Nitella hyalina (DC.) C.Agardh 10 6
Nitella intricata (Trentepohl ex Roth) C.Agardh 11 11
Nitella laxa T.F.Allen 1 1
Nitella megacarpa Allen 1
Nitella morongii Allen 1
Nitella mucronata (Braun) Kütz. 7 5
Nitella nidifica 3 3
Nitella normaniana Nordstedt 1 1
Nitella oligospira A.Braun 1 1
Nitella opaca (C.Agardh ex Bruzelius) C.Agardh 16 13
Nitella ornithopoda A.Braun 20 20
Nitella pouzolzii 1 1
Nitella sp. 17 17
Nitella subspicata T.F.Allen 2 2
Nitella syncarpa (Thuillier) Kütz. 14
Nitella tenuissima (Desv.) Coss. & Germ. 17 12
Nitella translucens (J.E.Smith) Jenner 16 8

192 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Cryptogams (PC) 148
Herbarium of harmas de J. H. Fabre (FABR) 2
Paleontology (F) 1
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU) 20
University François Rabelais (TOU) 21

Nitella C.Agardh, 1824

Zoology

Taxonomy

Algues 25

Species

Nitella batrachosperma A.Braun ex Kütz. 2 2
Nitella flexilis (L.) C.Agardh 2 2
Nitella gracilis (Sm.) C.Agardh 2 2
Nitella hyalina (DC.) C.Agardh 2 2
Nitella syncarpa (Thuillier) Kütz. 8 8
Nitella translucens (Pers.) C.Agardh 2 2

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Marine Laboratory of Concarneau (CO) 25