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Flora of New York/algae

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Flora of New York — algae
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Order Charales

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Charales are freshwater green algae in kingdom Plantae, division Charophyta, class Charophyceae.

Family Characeae

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Characeae is currently the only family in order Charales. It contains the genera Chara, Lamprothamnium, Lychnothamnus, Nitella, Nitellopsis, and Tolypella.

Nitellopsis

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Nitellopsis obtusa
Starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) is a freshwater marine species, native to Eurasia, and listed as very highly invasive in New York State.
Charales — Characeae
Genus Nitellopsis Hy, 1899 Starry Stonewort N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
 (Desvaux) J.Groves
1810. Chara obtusa Desvaux
1907. Tolypellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) Beguinot & Formiggini
1919. Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J.Groves
Starry stonewort ⓘ
Introduced,
Very highly invasive,
 NYIS Tier: 4,
 iMapInvasives,
 Invasive.org: [1],
 GRIIS-US: Present,
AlgaeBase 		 
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GBIF
4 counties
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Chara

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Chara vulgaris
Charales — Characeae — Chareae — Chara
Genus Chara L., 1753 Stonewort N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
1753. Chara vulgaris L.
1824. Nitella batrachosperma C.Agardh
Common stonewort ⓘ
Native  
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GBIF
3 counties
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 C.C.Gmel.
1826. Chara braunii C.C.Gmel.
Braun's Stonewort
Native  
iNat
GBIF
Essex (2021)
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 Kütz.
1839. Chara contraria Kütz.
Opposite stonewort ⓘ
Native  
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GBIF
2 counties
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