Taxonomy

Nitellopsis obtusa | Starry Stonewort

Distribution

    Status

    First reported in the wild

    2016 (Minchin, D. et al. 2017).

    Although mapped as present in Lough Derg in 2009 ( https://bsbi.org/maps?taxonid=2cd4p9h.300sb0#style=N4IgdghgtgpiBcIAmMBmECuAbALiANCDjFAA5YTEByGUARjAE4IhYD2AxhFiAL5A)

    Irish status

    Established

    Species Biology

    Broad environment

    Freshwater

    Species group

    Plant

    Native region

    Europe

    Distribution

    Irish distribution

    Is reported to be spreading rapidly in the Shannon catchment  (Minchin et al, 2021)

    Temporal change

    Date of first record category

    2011-2020

    Fifty year date category

    2001-2050

    Records submitted to Data Centre in 2025

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    References

    Publications

    Minchin, D., Boelens, R. and Roden, C. (2017) The first record of Nitellopsis obtusa (N. A. Desvaux) J. Groves (Charophyceae, Characeae) in Ireland (H9, H10). Irish Naturalists’ Journal 35: 105-109.

    Minchin, D., Boelens, R. & Roden, C. (2021). Non-indigenoous and cryptogenic charophytes (Characeae) forming meadown in the Shannon River, Ireland.  Irish Naturalists’ Journal 38: 5 - 13.

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