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Grambastichara

Charales - Characeae

Taxonomy
Grambastichara was named by Horn af Rantzien (1959). It is not extant. Its type is Chara tornata.

It was assigned to Charophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Characeae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).

Species
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-02-19; modified by B. Allen on 2020-02-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Grambastichara Horn af Rantzien
1970Grambastichara Andrews
1976Grambastichara Lakhanpal et al.
1991Grambastichara Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
RankNameAuthor
orderCharalesLindley 1836
suborderCharineaeFeist and Grambast-Fessard 1991
familyCharaceaeAgardh 1824
genusGrambasticharaHorn af Rantzien 1959

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Grambastichara Horn af Rantzien 1959
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Grambastichara tornata Reid and Groves 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: freshwaterp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2026-03-30 14:19:20
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:19:20
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Guiry and Guiry 2021

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru Chara tornata (176154)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Haryana) G. sp. (224756)