Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Charophyta > Class Charophyceae > Order Charales > Family Characeae > Tribe Chareae

Chara Linnaeus, 1753

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chara aspera C.L.Willdenow, 1809
Chara baltica A.Bruzelius, 1824
Chara braunii C.C.Gmelin, 1826
Chara canescens J.L.A.Loiseleur-Deslongschamps, 1810
Chara globularis J.L.Thuiller, 1799
Chara horrida L.J.Wahlstedt, 1862
Chara tomentosa Linnaeus, 1753
Chara virgata Kützing, 1834

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: sträfsen

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Stockholm.
basis of record	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

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Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Chara Linnaeus, 1753. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394626