Chara flexilis Linnaeus 1753

Current name: Nitella flexilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
agg. Red-cyan anaglyph. Small pond near Humbleton, Wooller, Northumberland. - 30 October 2012. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk,com)

Publication Details
Chara flexilis Linnaeus 1753: 1157

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.

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Publication date: 1 May 1753

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 Nitella flexilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

Type Information
Type locality: "Habititat in Europae maritimis" [Maritime Europe]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1157) Neotype (Henley, near Ipswich, Suffolk; designated by Wood 1960: 224): Buddle?; no date; BM-SL; (Wood 1960: 224) Notes: Proposed conserved type (Gregor et al., 2019): [United Kingdom, England], E. Sussex, Catsfield / [Mai 1895]/Salmon (BM 13735408).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 14 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 January 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025