Chara gymnopitys A. Braun 1853
Publication details
Chara gymnopitys A. Braun 1853: 708
Published in: Braun, A. (1853 '1852'). Plantae Muelleriana: Characeae. Linnaea 25 (=Bd 9): 704-709.
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Publication date: 1853
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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 Chara fibrosa C.Agardh ex Bruzelius
Type information
Tasmania: South Esk River (Stuart 583); Devils Country, So. Australia (form brachyphylla) von Mueller (Index Nominum Algarum).
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Charopsis Section Agardhia
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chara gymnopitys var. gymnopitys K.Imahori 1953
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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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.
Hollerbach,H.H. (1951). De Chara gymnopitys A.Br. in URSS inventa. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Bot. Inst. Otdel.Rast., Bot. Mat. 7: 98-104, 1 pl..
Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 19 June 2020 by Roberta Cowan
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References
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Hollerbach,H.H. (1951). De Chara gymnopitys A.Br. in URSS inventa. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Bot. Inst. Otdel.Rast., Bot. Mat. 7: 98-104, 1 pl..
Krishnan, U. (2006). Differentiation of Chara gymnopitys A. Br. and Chara hydropitys Reich. by morphological characters, isozyme analysis and oospore wall ornamentation. Cryptogamie, Algologie 27(4): 473-490.
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