Chara Linnaeus 1753 (stonewort)

Charales - Characea

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Charoidea according to A. P. Carignano 2012

See also Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Van Itterbeeck et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Amblyochara, Mesochara, Microchara, Peckichara, Platychara

Subtaxa: Chara cehlerti Chara estanciana Chara glomerata Chara indica Chara malcolmsonii Chara peritula Chara rajahmundrica Chara sahnii Chara sampathii Chara sausari Chara springerae Chara stantoni Chara verdiana

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (6)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Germany (1), India (2), United States (1: Nevada)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Kansas)

• Miocene of Germany (1), Haiti (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (3), Turkey (1)

• Eocene of Algeria (1), Germany (1), Libya (1), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleogene of India (2)

• Paleocene of China (1), India (1), Peru (1), United States (1: Utah)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2), India (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of United States (2: Colorado)

Total: 49 collections including 65 occurrences

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