Nitella flexilis, the smooth stonewort,[2] is a freshwater[3] species of characeanalgae that is used as a model organism for its large cell size and relative ease of cultivation in the laboratory.
The species occurs on all continents of the world except Australia.[5] It has been recorded from several counties in Ireland. From the Eglinton Canal in Galway;[6] and in Counties Down and Londonderry;[7] River Dorree in Clare Island Co. Mayo 2004.[8]
^Straminipilous Fungi: Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes, Including Sccounts of the Marine Dtraminipilous ProtIsts, the Plasmodiophorids, and Similar Organisms. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2001. ISBN978-0-7923-6780-2.
^Ed. Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K. 2007. New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN978-1-904890-31-7
^Pybus, C.; O'Halloran, P. (2009). "Distribution of some submerged aquatic macrophytes in the Eglinton Canal, Galway". Ir. Nat. J. 30: 51–53.
^Morton, O. in Hackney, P. 1992. The Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Institute of Irish Studies and The Queen's University Belfast. ISBN0-85389-446-9
^Ed. Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K. 2007. New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN978-1-904890-31-7
