Chara karelinii Lessing 1835
Publication Details
Chara karelinii Lessing 1835: 213 (as 'Karelini')
Published in: Lessing, C.F. (1835). Beitrag zur Flora des südlichen Urals und der Steppen. Linnaea 9(2): 145-213.
Request PDFPublication date: 1835
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.
Source of Synonymy
Schubert, H., Blindow, I., van de Weyer, K. & Langangen, A. (2024). Chara canescens. In: Charophytes of Europe. (Schubert & al. 2024 Eds), pp. 351–364. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Type Information
Type locality: "Pr[ope] Gurief in mari Caspio legit el. Karelin." [Kazakhstan]; (Lessing 1835: 213) Lectotype (Kazakhstan, Atyrau Oblast; designated by Romanov 2021: 3): G. Karelin; no date [1832]; in aquis ad osti fluvii Ural; LE; A0000408 (Romanov 2021: 3)
Eponomy
Named for the collector, Grigorij Silych Karelin (1801-1872).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 09 October 2010 by Anders Langangen.
Last updated: 14 January 2025
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Distributional note
"South-Eastern Europe: North-Eastern Black Sea region, Kumo-Manych Depression, Volga Delta, Southern Ural (Russia), Northern Asia: south-west of West Siberia (Russia), Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Western Asia: Iran (Hollerbach, 1941, 1949; Shoyakubov, 1979; Hollerbach and Krassavina, 1983; Ahmadi et al., 2012; Romanov and Abdullin, 2018, 2023; Sviridenko et al., 2018; Veisberg and Isakova, 2018; V. Vishnyakov & R. Romanov unpubl. data, ALTB!, LE!, UFA!, W!). The total number of its localities in the world does not exceed 20, including a few recent records from Iran, Kazakhstan, and Russia (Ahmadi et al. 2012; Sviridenko and Sviridenko, 2014; Romanov and Zhamangara, 2017;Kosterin and Ahmadi, 2018; Romanov and Abdullin, 2018, 2023; Sviridenko et al., 2018; Veisberg et al., 2018; R. Romanov & V. Vishnyakov unpubl. data; LE!)." (Romanov 2024). - (14 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
Conservational note
"Chara kirghisorum has been assessed as VU (Vulnerable) in the European Red List (see Chap. 9). It has been suggested for inclusion in the Red Data Book of Russian Federation as a rare stenobiont species at the border of its distribution range (Romanov and Abdullin, 2018)." (Romanov 2024). - (14 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025
