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Charoideae

Charales - Characeae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Charoideae Migula
2007Charoideae Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 62
2011Charoideae Ballent et al. p. 548

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
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orderCharalesLindley 1836
suborderCharineaeFeist and Grambast-Fessard 1991
familyCharaceaeAgardh 1824
subfamilyCharoideaeMigula 1897
subfamilyCharoideaeMigula 1897

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.

Subfm. †Charoideae Migula 1897
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G. †Collichara Wang and Zhang 1982
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Collichara taizhouensis Wang and Zhang 1982
Collichara xiaohekouensis Wang and Zhang 1982
G. †Grovesichara Horn af Rantzien 1959
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Grovesichara changzhouensis Wang ex Huang and S. Wang 1978
Grovesichara distorta Reid and Groves 1921
Grovesichara kielani Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1972
G. †Maedleriella Grambast 1957
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Maedleriella monolifera Peck and Reker 1947
G. †Nemegtichara Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1972
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Nemegtichara prima Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1972
Nemegtichara quarta Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1972
Nemegtichara secunda Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1972
G. †Neochara Wang and Lin 1978
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Neochara huananensis Wang and Lin 1978
G. †Pseudolatochara Wang 1978
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Pseudolatochara ovatoides Huang and Zhang 1984
G. †Sphaerochara Mädler 1952
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Sphaerochara hirmeri Rasky 1945
Sphaerochara minutissima Mädler 1955
G. †Stephanochara Grambast 1959
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Stephanochara compta Grambast 1959
Stephanochara grambasti Karczewska and Ziembinska-Tworzydlo 1972
Stephanochara lauta Liu 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 100.50000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) Charoideae indet. (232099)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Xinjiang) Nemegtichara prima, Sphaerochara sp. (97615)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Peru Sphaerochara huaroensis, Sphaerochara inconspicua, Pseudolatochara sp. (176125)
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Grovesichara changzhouensis, Grovesichara kielani, Neochara huananensis, Nemegtichara prima, Nemegtichara secunda, Nemegtichara quarta, Sphaerochara minutissima, Collichara taizhouensis, Collichara xiaohekouensis, Pseudolatochara sp., Pseudolatochara ovatoides, Maedleriella sp., Stephanochara lauta, Stephanochara cuniformis, Stephanochara stipitata, Stephanochara grambasti, Stephanochara grandiceps (71076)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Maedleriella lavocati, Maedleriella cristellata, Stephanochara acris (36612)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya Maedleriella lavocatti (42125)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Tunisia Pseudolatochara sp. (182490)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Stephanochara praeberdotensis, Stephanochara berdotensis, Sphaerochara hirmeri (203089)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Switzerland (Aargau) Stephanochara rhabdocharoides (201975)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Sphaerochara sp. (46276)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Sphaerochara sp. (51106)