Chara australis R.Brown 1810

Publication Details
Chara australis R.Brown 1810: 346

Published in: Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae novae hollandiae et insulae van-diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis spciebus auctori hucusque congnitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Bansianis, in primo intinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. I. pp. [i]-viii, 145-590, Addenda. Londini [London]: Typis Richardi Taylor et socii [Richard Taylor].

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Publication date: 1810

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

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: tropical Australia; Port Jackson; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Stipulodes very small, alternating with the branchlets. Bract-cells frequently lacking. Antheridia red, 700- 1200 um in diameter, oogonia 800-1000 um long (including coronula).

Key Characteristics
Dioecious

Similar Species
Chara corallina (monoecious) Chara wallichii (dioecious)

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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