Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Charophyta > Class Charophyceae > Order Charales > Suborder Charineae > Family Characeae > Subfamily Charoideae > Tribe Chareae

Chara Linnaeus, 1753

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chara aspera Willdenow, 1809
Chara baltica (C.J.Hartmann) Bruzelius, 1824
Chara braunii C.C.Gmelin, 1826
Chara canescens Loiseleur, 1810
Chara globularis Thuiller, 1799
Chara hispida Linnaeus, 1753
Chara horrida 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. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Chara Linnaeus, 1753. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394626