Chara curta Nolte ex Kützing 1857

Chara aspera var. nodulifera A.Braun ex Leonhardi

Current name: Chara aspera var. nodulifera A.Braun ex Leonhardi
Chara curta. Cm scale to left.

Publication Details
Chara curta Nolte ex Kützing 1857: 22, pl. 53: fig. I

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1857). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. VII pp. i-ii, 1-40, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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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 aspera var. nodulifera A.Braun ex Leonhardi.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Plants 2-40 cm long, moderately to strongly encrusted. Cortex is triplostichous, tylacanthous. Spine cells in clusters 1-6, in pair or bunches of 3-4, as long as or much longer than the axe diameter, very dense and the plants get a spiny look. Branchlets short, shorter than the internodes

Habitat
Brackish-water and freshwater. Chara-lakes.

Key Characteristics
Similar to Chara aspera but spine-cells 2-5 together.

Similar Species
Chara aspera

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

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 29 March 2024

 
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