Chara elliptica Fritzsche 1924

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Charophyta
Class Charophyceae
Order Charales
Family Characeae
Tribe Chareae
Genus Chara

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Publication details
Chara elliptica Fritzsche 1924: 28

Published in: Fritzsche, C.H. (1924). Neue Kreidefaunen aus Südamerika (Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie Beilageband 50: 1-56, 4 plates, 9 in-text figures.

Publication date: 1924

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 Aclistochara elliptica (Fritzsche) Doweld

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), elliptic, elliptical (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Taxonomic notes
Combination also proposed by V.D.Nikol'skaya, 1984 at Bot. Zhurn. 69:1092, fig. 2:6-8, but it was illegitimate. - (8 Feb 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Created: 08 February 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Verified by: 12 March 2021 by E.A. Molinari Novoa

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Doweld, A.B. (2015). Chara nikolskae a new name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) non Fritzsche (1924) and Aclistochara elliptica (Fritzsche) comb. nov. (Characeae). Phytotaxa 226(2): 199-200.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 August 2022.