Nitella dregeana A.Braun ex Kützing

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Nitella dregeana A.Braun ex Kützing Species algarum: 517, 1849

≡ Nitella tricuspis var. dregeana (A.Braun ex Kützing) A.Braun Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 878, 1868.

Lectotype (here designated): [ South Africa: Cape of Good Hope, 1840, J. F. Drège ] ( LE A0003263 ; Fig. 1).

Registration (of lectotype): http://phycobank.org/105498

Etymology: Named for Carl Friedrich (Charles Frederick) Drège (1791-1867), the collector.

Note: The original material cited by Kützing at B appears to be lost. The specimen stored in LE was recognized in 2019 by M.T. Casanova as probably a part of the original material according to her handwritten note ( Fig. 1).

I am grateful to Thomas Gregor and to Michael D. Guiry for suggesting improvements to this paper.

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