Chara globularis
| Family: | Characeae# |
| Full name: | Chara globularis Thuill. |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | ID not 100% certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | - |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | The appearance varies widely (Figs 66–69). Stem: up to 9–50 cm tall, slender, brown to green, in general looks quite smooth, moderately incrustated. Cortex: triplostichous, isostichous. Spine cells and stipulodes: strongly reduced, rudimentary or globular (Figs 74–75). Internodes: firm, 1–6 times the length of the branchlets (Figs 68–69, 74). Branchlets: 6–11 with 8–12 segments in a whorl (Figs 68–69), upper 1–3 segments may be ecorticated. Terminal cells of branchlets: slightly reduced. Bracteoles: longer than the oogonium. Plants monoecious. Gametangia: solitary or conjoined at 1–3 (5) lowest branchlet nodes, without mucus. Oogonia: solitary, 530–1100 x 300–700 µm (Figs 70–72), mature oospores dark brown to black, rarely yellow or orange colour with marked stripes, papillated or granulated (Fig. 73). Antheridia: small and solitary, 300-500 µm in diameter (Figs 70–71). (from Charophytes (Characeae, Charophyta) in the Czech Republic: Taxonomy, autecology and distribution, by Lenka Caisová & Maciej Gabka, Fottea 9 (1), 2009) |
| Link(s) |
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| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | EOS 7D |
| Lens aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/1600 s |
| ISO speed: | 400 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
