A revision of a group of ecorticate species of Chara is presented, on the basis of fresh, pressed and spirit-preserved material. The following seven species are recognised, characterised by a very simple morphology, with few or inconspicuous accessory cells (cortication, stipulodes, bract cells, bracteoles) and large gametangia: Chara australis R.Br., C. lucida (A.Braun) Casanova & Karol comb et. stat. nov., C. porteri Casanova, sp. nov., C. protocharoides Casanova & Karol, nom. nov. (=Protochara australis Womersley & Ophel) and C. stuartiana (Kütz.) Casanova & Karol comb. et. stat. nov. from Australia, and C. corallina Klein ex Willd. and C. wallichii A.Braun from Asia. A new section, Chara subg. Charopsis sect. Protochara (Womersley & Ophel) Casanova & Karol, comb. et stat. nov., is erected to accommodate these taxa, formerly placed in sect. Charopsis.
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30 June 2014
A revision of Chara sect. Protochara, comb. et stat. nov. (Characeae: Charophyceae)
Michelle T. Casanova,
Kenneth G. Karol
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Australian Systematic Botany
Vol. 27 • No. 1
June 2014
Vol. 27 • No. 1
June 2014
Chara australis
Chara lucida
Chara porteri
Chara protocharoides
Chara stuartiana
Protochara
systematics