Chara vulgaris

Chara vulgaris, the common stonewort,^[1] is a green alga species in the genus Chara. C. vulgaris has spikes between its bark cells in contrast to the similar C. contraria.

Chara vulgaris
Watercolour micrograph
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Charophyceae
Order:	Charales
Family:	Characeae
Genus:	Chara
Species:	C. vulgaris
Binomial name
Chara vulgaris L., 1753
Subspecies
Chara vulgaris excelsa (T. F. Allen) R. Wood Chara vulgaris vulgaris Linnaeus

Gallery

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  View from above
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  Low water level
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  Underwater view
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  Individual plant
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  Individual stem
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  Corticated stem with tylacanth spines
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  Whorl of branches with stipular spines
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  Spikes between bark cells
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  Antheridium (♂) und Oogonium (♀)

Illustrations

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  Whorl
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  Globules
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  Globule dissection
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  Comparison with Nitella
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  Comparison with Nitella (detail)

See also

• List of sequenced plastomes