Chara je rod parožine iz porodice Characeae, jedini u tribusu Chareae. Žive u slatkovodnim vapnenačkim područjima. Rod je prvi opisao Carl Linné 1753.
Izgled Chara je sivkasto-zelena razgranata alga, koja se često miješa s podvodnim vaskularnim biljkama. Tvrda je i ima zrnastu teksturu, jer je pokrivena naslagama različitih kalcijevih soli. Sastavljena je od 6 do 16 manjih grančica. Metabolički procesi daju joj neugodan miris sumporovodika.
Vrste
Chara acanthopitys (A.Braun) R.D.Wood Chara aculeolata Kützing Chara altaica A.Braun Chara amplexa J.Groves & E.L.Stephens Chara andina (A.Braun) R.D.Wood Chara angarica L.K.Krassavina Chara angolensis A.Braun Chara arcuatofolia J.Vilhelm Chara armata Meyen ex Kützing Chara aspera C.L.Willdenow Chara australis R.Brown Chara baltica (C.J.Hartmann) Bruzelius Chara baueri A.Braun Chara behriana A.Braun Chara bharadwajae Y.S.R.K.Sarma & M.Khan Chara biharensis S.Mukherjee & M.N.Noor Chara brachystephana F.S.Han & H.C.Liu Chara braunii C.C.Gmelin Chara brevibracteata F.S.Han Chara brevicoronula W.Q.Chen,G.X.Wang & F.S.Han Chara brionica Stapf Chara brittonii T.F.Allen ex. C.B.Robinson Chara buckellii G.O.Allen Chara bulbillifera (Carl de Donterberg) A.García Chara calveraënsis (R.D.Wood) R.D.Wood Chara canescens Loiseleur Chara capensis E.Meyer ex Kützing Chara carmenensis T.F.Allen Chara chilensis Kützing Chara chrysospora J.Groves & E.L.Stephens Chara columnaria S.Wang Chara commuatata Ruprecht Chara connivens P.Salzmann ex A.Braun Chara contraria A.Braun ex Kützing Chara corallina Klein ex C.L.Willdenow Chara corfuensis J.Groves Chara correntina E.J.Cáceres Chara crinitiformis C.B.Robinson Chara cubensis T.F.Allen Chara densispina F.S.Han & Y.M.Zheng Chara denudata A.Braun Chara diaphana (F.J.F.Meyen) R.D.Wood Chara dominii J.Vilhelm Chara drouetii (R.D.Wood) R.D.Wood Chara ecklonii A.Braun ex Kützing Chara evanida Casanova Chara evoluta T.F.Allen Chara fibrosa C.Agardh ex Bruzelius Chara filiformis H.Hertzsch Chara fischeri W.Migula Chara formosa C.B.Robinson Chara fragifera Durieu de Maisonneuve Chara fulgens N.Filarszky Chara galioides A.P.De Candolle Chara globata W.Migula Chara globularis Thuiller Chara gobiana J.Vilhelm Chara grovesii B.P.Pal Chara guairensis R.Bicudo Chara guatemalensis (Nordstedt) C.B.Robinson Chara haitensis M.P.J.F.Turpin Chara hakonensis (H.Kasaki) R.D.Wood Chara halina A.García Chara handae B.S.Pal Chara hatei S.C.Dixit Chara hellenica A.Langangen Chara hereroensis Nordstedt Chara hirsuta T.F.Allen Chara hispida Linnaeus Chara hookeri A.Braun Chara hornemannii J.Wallman Chara horrida L.J.Wahlstedt Chara hunanensis X.Q.Chen & L.Liu Chara hungarica N.Filarszky Chara hydropithys Reichenbach Chara imperfecta A.Braun Chara inconnexa T.F.Allen Chara inconstans A.Braun ex Kützing Chara indica C.G.Bertero ex C.Spengel Chara inermis J.S.Zanevald Chara infirma A.Braun Chara interrupta F.S.Han & P.C.Kao Chara juvenile E.J.Cáceres Chara karolii Casanova Chara kenoyeri M.Howe Chara keukensis (T.F.Allen) C.B.Robinson Chara kieneri F.K.Daily Chara kirghisorum C.F.Lessing Chara kohrangiana A. Ahmadi, M. Sheidai, H. Riahi & Raam Chara kokeilii A.Braun Chara krausei M.Shameel Chara kraussiana J.Groves & E.L.Stephens Chara kraussii A.Braun ex Kützing Chara lanzhouensis Q.F.Zhao Chara leiopitys R.M.Whelden Chara leptopitys A.Braun Chara leptosperma A.Braun Chara linharensis R.Bicudo Chara locuples M.M.Hollerbach Chara longiarticulata F.S.Han Chara longicorollata H.Kasaki Chara longifolia C.B.Robinson Chara lucida (A.Braun) M.T.Casanova & K.T.Karol Chara macounii (T.F.Allen) C.B.Robinson Chara martiana J.Wallman Chara mollusca A.Braun Chara muelleri (A.Braun) F.Müller Chara muscosa J.Groves & G.R.Bullock-Webster Chara myriophylla A.Braun Chara myurus Requien Chara nikolskae A.B.Doweld Chara nitelloides (A.Braun & Nordstedt) R.D.Wood Chara nuda B.S.Pal Chara oligocarpa Y.Y.Li Chara paragymnopitys F.S.Han Chara paucicorticata E.J.Cáceras Chara perlata Peck & Raker Chara piniformis W.Q.Chen & F.S.Han Chara polyacantha A.Braun Chara polycarpa F.S.Han & P.C.Tuan Chara porteri M.T.Casanova Chara preissii A.Braun Chara protocharoides M.T.Casanova & K.T.Karol Chara pseudo-brachypus J.Groves & L.Stephens Chara pseudocanescens Ling, Xie & Qiu Chara pseudoglobularis F.S.Han Chara pseudoglobularis Y.M.Zheng & F.Han Chara pseudohydropithys K.Imahori Chara quadriscutula X.Q.Chen et al. Chara robbinsii B.D.Halsted Chara rusbyana M.Howe Chara sabauda F.Hy Chara santiaguensis E.J.Caceres Chara setosa Klein ex C.L.Willdenow Chara shanxiensis Y.J.Ling Chara sikiangensis F.S.Han & P.C.Tuan Chara sinkiangensis F.S.Han & P.C.Tuan Chara socotrensis Nordstedt Chara stachymorpha U.Ganterer Chara stoechadum Sprengel Chara strigosa A.Braun Chara stuartiana (F.Müller ex Kützing) M.T.Casanova & K.T.Karol Chara submollusca Nordstedt Chara subspinosa Ruprecht Chara tanyglochis H.Groves & J.Groves Chara tenera O.J.Hasslow Chara tomentosa Linnaeus Chara unica W.Q.Chen & G.X.Wang Chara uzbekistanica Hollerbach Chara vernicosa Y.J.Ling, G.Z.Deng & Z.Li Chara vertillibracteata Y.J.Wang & W.T.Su Chara vesicata H.L.Fu & Q.F.Zhao Chara vieillardii (A.Braun) R.D.Wood Chara virgata Kützing Chara vulgaris Linnaeus - tipična Chara wallichii A.Braun Chara wightii (A.Braun) Casanova Chara yunchengensis Y.J.Ling, S.L.Xie & L.C.Qiu Chara zeylanica Klein ex Willdenow Charites molassica (E.W.Straub) H.Horn af Rantzien
Izvori
aquaplant.tamu.edu www.midwestaquacare.com F.E.Round, The Biology of the algae, Ernest Arnold, 1966
Kategorija:Charophyceae