Nitella flexilis

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Nitella flexilis, the smooth stonewort,[3] is a freshwater[4] species of characean algae that is used as a model organism for its large cell size and relative ease of cultivation in the laboratory.

Division:Charophyta
Order:Charales
Family:Characeae
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Nitella flexilis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Charophyta
Class: Charophyceae
Order: Charales
Family: Characeae
Genus: Nitella
Species:
N. flexilis
Binomial name
Nitella flexilis
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Description

A robust species growing up to a meter long with axes up to 1mm wide. Branches in whorls once or twice divided.[5]

Distribution

The species occurs on all continents of the world except Australia.[6] It has been recorded from several counties in Ireland. From the Eglinton Canal in Galway;[7] and in Counties Down and Londonderry;[8] River Dorree in Clare Island Co. Mayo 2004.[9]

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