Chara tenuispina A.Braun 1835

Publication Details
Chara tenuispina A.Braun 1835: 68

Published in: Braun, A. (1835). Übersicht der genauer bekannten Chara-Arten. Flora 18: 49-73.

Publication date: “28. Januar 1835”

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chara is Chara vulgaris Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Neotype locality: "In Torflöchern auf Wiesen bei Spandau" [Berlin, Germany]; (Wood & Imahori 1965: 209) Neotype (designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1965: 209).: A. Braun [Braun, Rabenhorst & Stizenberger, Characeen Eur. 74a]; Ende Juni bis Anfang August; NY; Braun, Rabenhorst & Stizenberger, Characeen Eur. 74a (Wood & Imahori 1965: 209) Notes: Originally locality: "hab. in reg. Rhenan" [Rhineland?] (Braun 1835: 68).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 02 July 2007 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 15 January 2025

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Distributional note
"Chara tenuispina is found in Southeastern Europe and as yet is unknown from Western Europe. The species was found in 44 localities from 11 countries (Poland - 11, Germany - 9, North Macedonia - 5, Serbia - 4, Greece - 3, Hungary - 3, Austria - 2, Montenegro - 2, Cyprus - 1, Romania - 1, Ukraine - 1). The species is currently listed from 11 localities in Poland, and from Balkan Penin-sula (2 in Montenegro, 3 in Serbia and 3 in Croatia). In the past, it was recorded for 8 localities in Germany, but recently only one occurrence could be confirmed (Krause, 1997; Krause and Grüttner, 1990). Three locations are known from Greece (Langangen and Pavlides, 1999), a few from soda pans from Hungary as well as from Ukrainian steppe (Iakushenko and Borysova, 2012; Palamar-Mordvintseva and Tsarenko, 2004). A common feature of C. tenuispina, is that it exists in shallow water sites that are rich in electrolyte content (Table 48.4). In Central Europe C. tenuispina is known mainly from grasslands fens, but in Southern Europe from shallow, very often ephemeral, salty aquatic waterbodies." (Gabka & Urbaniak 2024). - (15 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry

Conservational note
"In general, Chara tenuispina is one of the rarest and most threatened charophyte species in Europe. The main threats to the occurrence of C. tenuispina are anthropogenic draining of peatlands and vegetation succession in these localities." (Gabka & Urbaniak 2024). - (15 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025