Chara intermedia A.Braun ex Lange, nom. illeg. 1859

Current name: Chara papillosa Kützing
Red-cyan anaglyph showing end view of node in 3D. Collected by Emma Harris, Norfolk Broads, UK. - 04 August 2014. C.F. Carter (Chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Chara intermedia A.Braun ex Lange, nom. illeg. 1859: 703 (as '€h. intermedia [A. Braun ined.]')

Published in: Lange, J. (1859). Haandbog i den danske flora Anden omarbeidede Ugave. pp. [i]-lxvi, [1]-764. Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen]: C.A. Reitzels Forlag.

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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 papillosa Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Blindow, I., Romanov, R., Schubert, H., Stewart, N. & van de Weyer, K. (2024). Chara papillosa. In: Charophytes of Europe. (Schubert & al. 2024 Eds), pp. 601–612. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), intermediate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 January 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Illeglitmate: inlcuded Chara papillosa Kützing, 1834, in synonymy. - (27 April 2020) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025