Chara globularis f. curta (Nolte ex Kützing) R.D.Wood 1962

Current name: Chara curta Nolte ex Kützing
Spine cells and stipulodes on encrusted cortex. Collected by Nick Stewart, Edenderry Canal, Ireland - 16 May 2018. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Chara globularis f. curta (Nolte ex Kützing) R.D.Wood 1962: 11 (as 'var. aspera f. curta')

Published in: Wood, R.D. (1962). New combinations and taxa in the revision of Characeae. Taxon 11: 7-25.

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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 curta Nolte ex Kützing.

Basionym
Chara curta Nolte ex Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "Schleswig" [Germany]; (Kützing 1857: 22) Lectotype (Schallsee u. Wittbeck in Lauenburg [Germany]; designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1965: 205-206]: Nolte?; L; (Stewart 2024: 397) Notes: The type of Chara aspera var. crassior Kützing is the type of Chara curta Nolte ex Kützing (see Kützing 1849, 1957). Schaalsee, a lake, forms part of the border between Schleswig-Holstein (district Herzogtum Lauenburg) and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (districts Ludwigslust-Parchim and Nordwestmecklenburg).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 25 July 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 24 April 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025