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 virgata Kützing, 1834

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chara*	Linnaeus, 1753	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

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

Swedish: papillsträfse

Literature

original description	Kützing, F. (1834). Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten der Gattung Chara. Flora (Jena), 17: 705-707.
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 virgata Kützing, 1834. 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:495196