Characeae

Plants

46 genera · 224 species in the Library

About

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.

Summary from Wikipedia

Chara

74 species

Nitella

66 species

Tolypella

10 species

Lychnothamnus

6 species

Stephanochara

6 species

Gobichara

5 species

Lamprothamnium

4 species

Grovesichara

3 species

Harrisichara

3 species

Nemegtichara

3 species

Peckichara

3 species

Collichara

2 species

Microchara

2 species

Nitellopsis

2 species

Nodosochara

2 species

Psilochara

2 species

Sphaerochara

2 species

Aclistochara

1 species

Amblyochara

1 species

Brachychara

1 species

Characeites

1 species

Charaxis

1 species

Charites

1 species

Circonitella

1 species

Croftiella

1 species

Grambastichara

1 species

Hornichara

1 species

Kosmogyra

1 species

Kosmogyrella

1 species

Kosmogyrina

1 species

Lagynophora

1 species

Latochara

1 species

Lychnothamnites

1 species

Maedleriella

1 species

Maedlerisphaera

1 species

Mesochara

1 species

Neochara

1 species

Nitellites

1 species

Obtusochara

1 species

Palaeochara

1 species

Palaeonitella

1 species

Peckisphaera

1 species

Raskyaechara

1 species

Rhabdochara

1 species

Tectochara

1 species

Triclypella

1 species