Chara capillaris Krocker 1814

Publication Details
Chara capillaris Krocker 1814: 62, no fig.

Published in: Krocker, A.J. (1814). Florae silesiacae renovatae, emendatae, prius ultra nongentas circa mille, nunc ultra ter mille plantas, silesiae indigenas, auctae etc. Vol. III. Sedundum systema sexuale Linnaei, et Wildenow digestas non nullis rarioribus plants tabulis aeneis illustratis. Desuper addition indice gnerali in prioribus voluminibus deficiente. pp. [1]-lii, [1]-374, pl. 1-9. Wratislaviae [Breslau, Wroclaw]: Sumtibus proprties....

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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 Nitella capillaris (Krocker) J.Groves & Bullock-Webster.

Source of Synonymy
Groves, J. & Bullock-Webster, G.R. (1920). The British Charophyta. Volume I. Nitelleae with introduction plates and text-figures. pp. [i]-xiv, [1]-141, 20 pls. London: printed for the The Ray Society.

Type Information
Type locality: "Raram hanc plantam ante multos annos in fossis, ac lacubus penes fluvium Ole ad prata Marienau, et Pirscham inveni, ex post etiam alibi, sed rarius." [Poland] ; (Krocker 1814: 63) Neotype (The washes, Sutton, Cambridgeshire [England]; designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1965: 419): A. Fryer and H. & J. G.[roves]; 25th, Mai. 1885; In an old fen ditch; NY; 01090196 (Wood & Imahori 1965: 419)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillary, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 20 January 2025

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Nomenclatural note
"Typus non designatus" (Arbeitsgruppe Armleuchteralgen Deutschland 2015: 405). - (28 April 2020) - M.D. Guiry

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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 12 April 2025

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