Chara baueri A.Braun 1847
Publication Details
Chara baueri A.Braun 1847: 13
Published in: Braun, A. (1849). Uebersicht der Schweizerischen Characeen. Ein Beitrag zur Flora der Schweiz. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 10(3): 1-23.
Request PDFPublication date: 1849
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.
Eponomy
Named for Gustav Heinrich Bauer (1794-1888) who collected the species in Weissense, Berlin. In Reichenbach (1829) it was named Chara scoparia, an illegimate homonym of Chara scoparia Chevallier, 1827.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 January 2025
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Nomenclatural notes
"Chara baueri is a rare species throughout its range, perhaps one of the rarest species in Europe. Although it was described early in the nineteenth century, many of its habitats disappeared within a short period of time (Pukacz et al., 2012). After thorough searching it has been rediscovered in both northern Germany (Raabe, 2009) and Poland, and more recent discoveries have been in regions outside its original distribution (Langangen and Sviridenko, 1995; Urbaniak and Gabka, 2014). It has been listed on the Red List of several countries (e.g. Sieminska et al., 2006; Gärdenfors, 2010), but is often classified as Data Deficient due to a lack of records. It has been assessed as "Endangered" in Europe and globally (see Chap. 9). Conservation of Chara baueri will likely depend on conservation of its particular habitat, i.e. temporary wetlands that are shallowly flooded." (Casanova 2024).
- (08 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
New name for Chara scoparia Bauer ex Reichenbach, 1829, nom. illeg., priority for Chara scoparia F.Chevallier, 1827. - (20 January 2018) - M.D. Guiry
Conservational note
"Chara baueri was amalgamated with the Australian species Chara muelleri (A. Braun) F. Muell. by Wood (1962). However, the Australian material has been shown to be a different species (Casanova, 2014). Chara baueri seems to have always been rare. It was collected several times in the nineteenth century in what is now Berlin, the last time in 1869. After that, the plant was presumed extinct. It was surprisingly recorded from Kazakhstan (Langangen and Sviridenko, 1995), and rediscovered (Raabe, 2009) in a few small bodies of water in Brandenburg and Poland (Urbaniak and Gabka, 2014). The data for Sweden, Belarus and Lithuania were considered unlikely by Migula (1889-1897). Most recently it has been found in Serbia in very small and shallow ponds (Trbojevic et al., 2020). Trbojevi´cetal. (2020) hypothesise that the species has been overlooked because its habitat is atypical for charophytes (Fig. 21.4)." (Casanova 2024). - (08 January 2025) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
