Chara Linnaeus 1753 (stonewort)

Charales - Characea

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 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 flexilis Chara glomerata Chara hispida Chara indica Chara malcolmsonii Chara peritula Chara rajahmundrica Chara sahnii Chara sampathii Chara sausari Chara springerae Chara stantoni Chara tomentosa Chara verdiana Chara vulgaris

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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)

• Turolian of Spain (1)

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

• Miocene of Germany (2), Haiti (1), Switzerland (3), Türkiye (1)

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

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

• Paleogene of India (2)

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

• Jurassic of United States (2: Colorado)

Total: 50 collections including 66 occurrences

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