Chara alopecuroides Delile ex Kützing, nom. illeg. 1849
Publication Details
Chara alopecuroides Delile ex Kützing, nom. illeg. 1849: 518 (as 'alopecuroidea')
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
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 Lamprothamnium papulosum (Wallroth) J.Groves.
Source of Synonymy
Langangen, A. (2007). Charophytes of the Nordic countries. pp. [1]-102, many figs and maps. Oslo: Saeculum ANS.
Type Information
Europe (but not Switzerland); (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 April 2020
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Nomenclatural notes
Invalid: name only. - (23 April 2020) - M.D. Guiry
Introduced as Chara alopecuroidea Delile ex A. Braun, Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 10[4]: 13. 1849 but without a description (invalid), then validated by Kützing (19849: 518), but included Chara pouzolsii F.Gay ex A.Braun (1835, valid), and Chara montagnei A.Braun (1849, invalid) in synonymy. - (31 October 2017) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025
