Chara gelatinosa A.Braun 1843
Publication details
Chara gelatinosa A.Braun 1843: 115-116
Published in: Braun, A. (1843). Charae Preissianae adiectis reliquis speciebus e Nova Hollandia hucusque cognitis. Linnaea 17: 113-119.
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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 gelatinifera R.D.Wood
Type information
Type locality: Canning River (Perth) (Index Nominum Algarum). Type: Preiss; Nov. 1841; (Index Nominum Algarum
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Nitella Section Hyella
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
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.
Key references
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: [i]-vii, 1-276.
Raam, J.C. van (1995). The Characeae of Tasmania. Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 110: 1-50, 30 figs, 2 tables.
Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 02 July 2015 by G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2022.
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