Chara succincta A.Braun 1878

Publication Details
Chara succincta A.Braun 1878: 257

Published in: Arscherson, P. (1878). och einige Bemerkungen über die orientalischen Schismus-Formen und über Pflanzen der kleinen Oase. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 28(8): 254-257.

Publication date: 1878

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 succinctum (A.Braun) R.D.Wood.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Egypt; (Arscherwson 1878: 257) Lectotype (Uah-el-Beharieh [Bahariyya, Ägypten], der libyschen Wüste bei dem Dorfe Sabu; designated by Casanova 2024: 1071): P. Ascherson; 1. Mai 1876; In sehr salzigen Teichen bei den Reis-feldern in der kleinen Oase; BM; (Casanova 2024: 1071)

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 January 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025