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Chara globularis var. aspera (Detharding ex Willdenow) R.D.Wood 1962

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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Red-cyan anaglyph. Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.. 15 May 2017. © Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.. 15 May 2017. © Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Red-cyan anaglyph. Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.. 15 May 2017. © Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.. 15 May 2017. © Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Red-cyan anaglyph. Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.. 15 May 2017. © Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.. 15 May 2017. © Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Branchlet. Collected by Claudia Ferguson-Smyth, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. 25 Jul 2012. © C.F. Carter (Chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Red-cyan anaglyph showing branchlet in 3D. Collected by Claudia Ferguson-Smyth, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. 25 Jul 2012. © C.F. Carter (Chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Red-cyan anaglyph of node showing spinecells and cortex. Collected by Claudia Ferguson-Smyth, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. 25 Jul 2012. © C.F. Carter (Chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

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Chara aspera Willdenow Houghton Regis Chalk Pit (Marl Lakes) SSSI, Bedfordshire, UK.
© Chris Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication details
Chara globularis var. aspera (Detharding ex Willdenow) R.D.Wood 1962: 11

Published in: Wood, R.D. (1962). New combinations and taxa in the revision of Characeae. Taxon 11: 7-25.
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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 aspera Willdenow

Basionym
Chara aspera Willdenow

Type information
Type locality: "Wächst in einem etwas salzigen See an den Ufern der Ostsee bei Warnemünde." [Growing in a salt lake on the shores of the Baltic Sea near Warnemünde][Warnemünd, Mecklenburg, Germany} (Willdenow 1809: 299). Lectotype: B W17100-010 (Wood & Imahori 1965: 203).

Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Chara Section Grovesia

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

General environment
This is a brackish 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.

Source of current name
Urbaniak, J. & Gabka, M. (2014). Polish Charophytes. An illustrated guide to identification. pp. [1]-120, incl. 34 pls. Wroclaw: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wroclawiu.

Key references
Blümer, C. (2004). Taxonomy and nomenclature. In: Charophytes of the Baltic Sea. (Schubert, H & Blindow, I. Eds), pp. 261-284.

Created: 14 June 2004 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 04 February 2015 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 August 2022.

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