Characium obtusum A.Braun 1855

Current name: Pseudocharacium obtusum (A.Braun) Petry-Hesse
Pitsford Water SSSI, Northamptonshire, UK. Epiphytic on filamentous algae - 26 August 2008. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Characium obtusum A.Braun 1855: 39; pl. III [3]

Published in: Braun, A. (1855). Algarum unicellularium genera nova et minus cognita praemissis observationibus de algis unicellularibus in genere. pp. 114, 6 plates. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.

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Publication date: 1855

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Characium is Characium sieboldii A.Braun.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudocharacium obtusum (A.Braun) Petry-Hesse.

Source of Synonymy
Petrý-Hesse, K. (1969 '1968'). Entwicklungsgeschichliche Untersuchungen an Chromophyton rosanofii und einigen Chlorophyceen. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 115: 447-481.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 16 March 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025