Chara canescens f. spitsbergensis (Nordstedt) Langangen, nom. inval. 2000

Publication Details
Chara canescens f. spitsbergensis (Nordstedt) Langangen, nom. inval. 2000: 146

Published in: Langangen, A. (2000). Charophytes from the warm springs of Svalbard. Polar Research 19(2): 143-153.

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Publication date: 2000

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chara is Chara vulgaris Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chara canescens Loiseleur.

Basionym
Chara aspera f. spitsbergensis Nordstedt

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), becoming white; applied to plants covered with greyish-white pubescence.

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 20 September 2010 by Anders Langangen.

Last updated: 01 March 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: full and direct citation of basionym not made: "These specimens from Svalbard differed from typical C. canescens. Nordstedt, in Strom (1921), named these specimens Chara aspera f. spitsbergensis. The epithet spitsbergensis is now used for the new combination, and the correct name of the taxon is now Chara canesceris f. spitsbergensis comb. nov." - (01 March 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025