Chara glomerata Desvaux 1810

Publication Details
Chara glomerata Desvaux 1810: 135

Published in: Loiseleur Deslongschamps, J.L.A. (1810). Notice sur les plantes à ajouter à la flore de France (Flora Gallica) avec quelques corrections et observations. pp. [i–ii]. 1-172, 21 pls. Paris: Imprimerie de J.B. Sajou, rue del la Harpe, no. 11.

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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 Tolypella glomerata (Desvaux) Leonhardi.

Source of Synonymy
Leonhardi, H. von (1863). Weitere Characeen-Fundorte. Lotos 13: 129-132, 145-148.

Type Information
Type locality: "MM. Desvaux et Thuillier l'ont recueillie aux environ de Paris" [France]; (Loiseleur Deslongschamps 1810: 129) Lectotype (in rivulis [Paris]; designated by Wood in Wood & Imahori 1965: 733): sine diem; in rivulis; PC; herbarium Desvaux (Ahmadi & al. 2012: 388) Notes: Isolectotype: L, ex herbarium Persoon, ex herbarium Desvaux. Gallia (Ahmadia et al. 2012: 388). See ING entry for Tolypella.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), clustered in a round mass.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 22 January 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 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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