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

Chara canescens Loiseleur, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chara*	Linnaeus, 1753	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: grå kransnål sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: brakwater kransblad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: bearded stonewort sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Brackwasser-Armleuchteralge sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: hårkrans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: hårkrans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: hårsträfse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Хара сивіюча

Literature

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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

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 canescens Loiseleur, 1810. 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:399468