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Chara hispida

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Species of alga

Chara hispida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Charophyceae
Order: Charales
Family: Characeae
Genus: Chara
Species: C. hispida
Binomial name
Chara hispida
L., 1753

Chara hispida, the bristly stonewort, is a green alga species in the genus Chara. With 30 to 200 cm height and a stem diameter of 2–3 mm Chara hispida is one of the biggest Chara species in Europe.

Chara hispida often forms patches without other species

References

  1. Werner Krause, Hanuš Ettl, Georg Gärtner, H. Heynig, D. Mollenhauer: Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 18: Charales (Charophyceae). – Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-437-25056-6
Taxon identifiers
Chara vulgaris


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