Chara globularis var. aspera (Detharding ex Willdenow) R.D.Wood 1962
Current name:
Chara aspera Willdenow
Red-cyan anaglyph showing 3D structure. Root bulbils. Collected by Nick Stewart, Loch Loy, Scotland (VC96).C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Chara globularis var. aspera (Detharding ex Willdenow) R.D.Wood 1962: 11
Published in: Wood, R.D. (1962). New combinations and taxa in the revision of Characeae. Taxon 11: 7-25.
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 Willdenow.
Source of Synonymy
Urbaniak, J. & Gabka, M. (2014). Polish Charophytes. An illustrated guide to identification. pp. [1]-120, incl. 34 pls. Wroclaw: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wroclawiu.
Basionym
Chara aspera Willdenow
Type Information
Type locality: "Wächst in einem etwas salzigen See an den Ufern der Ostsee bei Warnemünde." [Growing in a salt lake on the shores of the Baltic Sea near Warnemünde][Warnemünd, Mecklenburg, Germany}; (Willdenow 1809: 299) Lectotype: B; W17100-010 (Wood & Imahori 1965: 203)
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 14 June 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 February 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024