Nitella minispora K.Imahori & H.Suga 1958
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Nitella gracilis f. minispora (K.Imahori & H.Suga) R.D.Wood (1962); Nitella gracillima minispora (K.Imahori & H.Suga) J.C.van Raam (2010); Nitella procera F.S.Han & W.Q.Chen 1982 [junior homonym of Nitella procera J.H.Wallman 1853: 260]
Conservation Status
Extinct (Watanabe et al., 2005) or taxonomically rediscovered (viz. Guiry in Guiry & Guiry, 2019)
Last record: 27 October 1956 or later
Distribution
Yunnan, China & Lake Kizaki, Nagano Prefecture, Chūbu region, Honshu, Japan
Nitella procera F.S.Han & W.Q.Chen (junior homonym of Nitella procera J.H.Wallman) from Yunnan, China, is considered a synonym of minispora by (Guiry in Guiry & Guiry, 2019). So at least some material from Yunnan, China is referable to minispora. Depending on when it was collected, this may constitute the taxonomic rediscovery of minispora.
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Imahori, K. and Suga, H. (1958). Preliminary note on the succession and distribution of Characeae in the Lake Kizaki, Japan. J. Jap. Bot. 33(8): 240-244.
Other references:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 September 2023
Han, F. S. and Chen, W. Q. (1982). Some new taxa of Nitelleae from Yunnan. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 20(8): 354-370. [in Chinese]
Han, F. S. and Li, Y. Y. (1994). Flora algarum sinicarum aquae dulcis Tomus III Charophyta. pp. [1-vi], i-vi, 1-267, 189 figs. Beijing: Science Press.
Hirose, H., Yamagishi, T. & Akiyama, M. (1977). Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae. pp. [8 col. pls], [1]-933, 244 pls in text. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd. [in Japanese]
Raam, J. C van. (2010). R.D. Wood's "Synopsis of the Characeae" adapted and modified. CD, privately distributed by the author in anticipation of publication.
Sano, Satomi et al. (1997). Current state of distribution of the Charales (Chlorophyta) in Japanese Lakes, pp. 97. In: Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Sixth International Phycological Congress, Leiden, Netherlands. 130 pp. https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-36-4S-1.1
Watanabe, M. M., Nozaki, H., Kasaki, H., Sano, S., Katon, N., Omori, Y. and Nohara, S. (2005). Threatened states of the Charales in the lakes of Japan, pp. 217-236. In: Kasai, K. and Watanabe, M. M. (eds). Algal culture collections and the environment. Tokyo: Tokai University Press. 248 pp.
Wood, R. D. (1962). New combinations and taxa in the revision of Characeae. Taxon 11(1): 7-25. https://doi.org/10.2307/1216853
Wood, R. D. and Imahori, K. (1965). A revision of the Characeae. First Part. Monograph of the Characeae. pp. i-xxiv, 1-904. Weinheim: Verlag von J.Cramer.
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