Flora of New York/algae
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Flora of New York — algae | |||||
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Order Charales
[edit | edit source]Charales are freshwater green algae in kingdom Plantae, division Charophyta, class Charophyceae.
Family Characeae
[edit | edit source]Characeae is currently the only family in order Charales. It contains the genera Chara, Lamprothamnium, Lychnothamnus, Nitella, Nitellopsis, and Tolypella.
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Nitellopsis
[edit | edit source]Starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) is a freshwater marine species, native to Eurasia, and listed as very highly invasive in New York State.
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Genus Nitellopsis Hy, 1899 | Starry Stonewort | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Desvaux) J.Groves 1810. Chara obtusa Desvaux
1907. Tolypellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) Beguinot & Formiggini
1919. Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J.Groves |
Starry stonewort ⓘ
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Introduced, Very highly invasive, NYIS Tier: 4, iMapInvasives, Invasive.org: [1], GRIIS-US: Present, AlgaeBase |
iNat GBIF 4 counties |
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Chara
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Genus Chara L., 1753 | Stonewort | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
1753. Chara vulgaris L.
1824. Nitella batrachosperma C.Agardh |
Common stonewort ⓘ
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Native | iNat GBIF 3 counties |
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C.C.Gmel. 1826. Chara braunii C.C.Gmel. |
Braun's Stonewort
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Native | iNat GBIF Essex (2021) |
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Kütz. 1839. Chara contraria Kütz. |
Opposite stonewort ⓘ
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Native | iNat GBIF 2 counties |
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