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Characea

Charales - Characea

Taxonomy
Characea was named by Agardh (1824). It is extant.

It was assigned to Charales by Carignano (2012).

Subtaxa
Charoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Characea Agardh
2012Characea Carignano

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
orderCharalesLindley 1836
familyCharaceaAgardh 1824
familyCharaceaAgardh 1824

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.

Fm. Characea Agardh 1824
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Subfm. Charoidea Braun 1897
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G. †Amblyochara Grambast 1962
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†Amblyochara begudiana Grambast 1962
G. Chara Linnaeus 1753 [stonewort]
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†Chara cehlerti Rao 1955
†Chara estanciana Hannibal 1918
†Chara glomerata Lesquereux 1883
†Chara indica Rao and Rao 1939
†Chara malcolmsonii Sowerby 1840
†Chara peritula Cockerell 1908
†Chara rajahmundrica Rao and Rao 1939
†Chara sahnii Rao and Rao 1939
†Chara sampathii Rao and Rao 1939
†Chara sausari Sahni and Rao 1943
†Chara springerae Knowlton 1902
†Chara stantoni Knowlton 1893
†Chara verdiana Axelrod 1958
G. †Mesochara Grambast 1962
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†Mesochara ameghinoi Musacchio 1973
†Mesochara symmetrica Peck 1957
G. †Microchara Grambast 1959
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†Microchara hystrix Grambast 1959
†Microchara vestita Castel 1969
G. †Peckichara Grambast 1957
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†Peckichara lefeldi Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1973
†Peckichara subsphaerica Lin and Wang 1982
†Peckichara varians Grambast 1957
G. †Platychara Grambast 1962
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†Platychara caudata Grambast 1971
†Platychara compressa Knowlton 1888
Platychara cruciana Horn af Rantzien 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 150.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Charophyta indet. (52919 52920)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Poitou-Charentes) Mesochara voluta (164377)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Poitou-Charentes) Mesochara sp. (142093)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Chara sp. (77058)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Netherlands Praechara symmetrica (33985)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Aptian136.4 - 113.0Japan (Gifu) Mesochara sp. (50310)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Morocco (Oriental) Platychara caudata (214301)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Peckichara pectinata, Peckichara cancellata, Amblyochara begudiana, Platychara caudata (220134)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Peckichara pectinata, Amblyochara begudiana (59269)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Peckichara cancellata (59267)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Amblyochara media (74660)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Peckichara pectinata (53918)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) Microchara sp. (91037)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) Amblyochara peruviana, Amblyochara begudiana (51672 52839)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Microchara sp. (191528)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Peckichara sp., Microchara sp., Platychara sp. (226125)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Peckichara coronata (74527) Peckichara coronata, Chara sp. (159019)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Microchara sp., Mesochara sp. (51890)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Hérault) Peckichara sertulata (65391)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Utah) Platychara compressa (13294)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Peckichara toscarensis, Peckichara llobregatensis, Amblyochara sp., Microchara hystrix, Platychara compressa (47035)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Peckichara cancellata, Microchara nana (148950)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Peckichara sertulata, Amblyochara concava, Amblyochara sp. A (45437)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Manharashtra) Chara malcolmsonii (63896)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Chara sp., Amblyochara sp. (83300 83301)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Peckichara cancellata, Peckichara caperata (53481)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7India (Madhya Pradesh) Chara sausari (181126)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Utah) Chara spp. (39885)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Peru Peckichara sp., Peckichara varians, Chara subcylindrica, Chara sp., Platychara perlata (176125)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Andhra Pradesh) Chara caelata, Chara helicteres, Chara medicaginula, Chara oehlerti, Chara strobilocarpa, Chara subglobosa, Chara turbinata, Chara wrightii, Chara indica, Chara rajahmundrica, Chara sahnii, Chara sampathii (224754)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Karnataka) Chara medicaginula, Chara turbinata, Chara cehlerti (224755)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Amblyochara peruviana (28230)
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Peckichara varians, Peckichara lefeldi, Peckichara subsphaerica, Microchara vestita, Mesochara sp., Chara sp. (71076)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Chara sp. (36612)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Chara sp. (51856)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Chara sp. (16296)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Chara sp. (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya Chara sp. (42125)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Chara sp. (39643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Chara lyellii (40298) Chara spp. (39838) Chara tuberculata (40099 40102 40859 40861 40862 40881)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Chara notata (203089)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Haiti (Sud) Chara woodringi (31243)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Chara notata (46330)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Switzerland (Zürich) Chara notata (46268)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Chara sp. (175727)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) Chara aspera, Chara globularis (184470)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Chara globularis (18046)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Chara sp. (18320)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Chara sp. (40758)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) Chara verdiana (35908)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Haryana) Chara sp. (224756)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Chara rantzieni, Chara surazpurica (51106)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Chara zoberbierii (22783)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Chara sp. (110489)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Chara sp. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Chara spp. (164903 164904 164905 164906 164912 164914)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Chara sp. (228762)