Chara hypnoides C.B.Robinson 1906
Publication Details
Chara hypnoides C.B.Robinson 1906: 263
Published in: Robinson, C.B. (1906). The Chareae of North America. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 4(13): 244-308.
Publication date: 1906
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chara is Chara vulgaris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: along borders of island on east side of Lake Nipigon, Ontario; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: John Macoun no. 6; 16.vii.1884; NYBG; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the mosses, specifically the genus Hypnum (Neal 1993).
Created: 16 November 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 December 2015
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
