Chara fragifera Durieu de Maisonneuve 1859
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Charophyta
Class Charophyceae
Order Charales
Family Characeae
Tribe Chareae
Genus Chara
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Typical bubils. Collected by Paul Gainey, The Lizard, Cornwall, UK.. 13 Mar 2017. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).
Red-cyan anaglyph showing bulbil in 3D. Collected by Paul Gainey, The Lizard, Cornwall, UK.. 13 Mar 2017. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).
Bulbil structure at node. Collected by Paul Gainey, The Lizard, Cornwall, UK.. 13 Mar 2017. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).
Bulbil. Collected by Paul Gainey, The Lizard, Cornwall, UK.. 13 Mar 2017. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).
Bulbil. Collected by Paul Gainey, The Lizard, Cornwall, UK.. 13 Mar 2017. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).
Red-cyan anaglyph showing bulbil in 3D. Collected by Paul Gainey, The Lizard, Cornwall, UK.. 13 Mar 2017. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com).
Red-cyan anaglyph of a group of oogonia. Collected by Paul Gainey, Cornwall, UK. 15 May 2016. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter at 6cvw.freeuk.com.
Oogonia. Collected by Paul Gainey, Cornwall, UK. 15 May 2016. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter at 6cvw.freeuk.com.
Group of oogonia. Collected by Paul Gainey, Cornwall, UK. 15 May 2016. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter at 6cvw.freeuk.com.
Swollen node.showing cortex. Collected by Paul Gainey, Cornwall, UK. 15 May 2016. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter at 6cvw.freeuk.com.
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Chara fragifera Durieu de Maisonneuve Red-cyan anaglyph of a group of antheridia. Collected by Paul Gainey, Cornwall, UK
© C.F.Carter(chris.carter at 6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication details
Chara fragifera Durieu de Maisonneuve 1859: 185
Published in: Durieu de Maisonneuve, M.C. (1859). Note sur une nouvelle espece du genre Chara. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 6: 179-186.
Publication date: 1859
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: étang de Cazeau (between dép. la Gironde & des Landes), France; etc (Index Nominum Algarum).
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Chara Section Grovesia
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chara galioides subsp. fragifera (Durieu de Maisonneuve) A.Braun 1868
Chara globularis var. [globularis] f. fragifera (M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve) R.D.Wood 1965
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chara fragifera var. kralikii A.Braun 1868
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Common names
(as Chara fragifera Durieu de Maisonneuve)
English: Strawberry Stonewort (Stewart & Church 1992).
Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)
Detailed conservation status with sources
(as Chara fragifera Durieu de Maisonneuve)
Vulnerable: (Stewart & Church 1992)
Key references
Bryant, J.A. & Stewart, N.F. (2011). Phylum Chlorophyta. Order Charales. In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Second edition. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 742-765. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Caraus, I. (2002). The algae of Romania. Studii si Cercetari, Universitatea Bacau, Biologie 7: 1-694.
Cirujano, S, Cambra, J., Sánchez Castillo, P.M., Meco, A. & Flor Arnau, N. (2008). Flora ibérica algas continentales. Carófitos (Characeae). pp. [1]-132, 125 figs. Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico.
Corillion,R. & Guerlesquin,M. (1966). Nouvelles observations sur Chara fragifera Du Rieu (Charophycees). Interpretations taxinomiques. Bull. Mayenne-Sciences 1966: 49-57. [in French]
Corillion,R. (1953). Chara fragifera Durieu. Notes phytogeographiques, ecologiques, phytosociologiques. Bull. Soc. Scient. Bretagne 28: 45-54. [in French]
Hy, F., (1913). Les Characées de France. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 60 (Mémoires 26): 1-47, pls. I-III.
Moore, J.A. (1986). Charophytes of Great Britain and Ireland. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 5. Illustrated by Margaret Tebbs. Distribution maps prepared by Dorothy Green. pp. [i-ii], 1-140, 26 figs, 17 maps. London: Botanical Society of the British Isles.
Muller, S, D., Rhazi, L. & Soulie-Märsche, I. (2017). Diversity and distribution of Characeae in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia). Crytogamie Algologie 38(3): 201-251.
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Verified by: 10 March 2018 by M.D. Guiry
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References
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Corillion,R. & Guerlesquin,M. (1966). Nouvelles observations sur Chara fragifera Du Rieu (Charophycees). Interpretations taxinomiques. Bull. Mayenne-Sciences 1966: 49-57. [in French]
Corillion,R. (1953). Chara fragifera Durieu. Notes phytogeographiques, ecologiques, phytosociologiques. Bull. Soc. Scient. Bretagne 28: 45-54. [in French]
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