Characeae
A family of freshwater green algae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Characeae is a family of freshwater green algae in the order Charales, commonly known as stoneworts. They are also known as brittleworts or skunkweed, from the fragility of their lime-encrusted stems, and from the foul odor these produce when stepped on.
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Characeae | |
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Chara globularis | |
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
(unranked): | Charophyta |
Class: | Charophyceae |
Order: | Charales |
Family: | Characeae S.F.Gray |
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In some treatments, the Characeae includes all the living (extant) species of Charales; this circumscription is followed here. In other treatments, the genus Nitellopsis, which has both extant and extinct species, is placed in a separate family, Feistiellaceae.