Chara globularis
Chara globularis
Chara globularis is a species of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae. Native to Europe, but widespread among the world, it inhabits fresh and brackish-water environments. The Chara globularis originally documented was identified as the short-end segment(SH) type, with a black fossa wall containing a granulate, papillate, or fine pusticular pattern. An elongate-end(EL) type was previously thought to belong to this same species, but upon re-examination was determined to be phylogenetically separate from the Chara globularis, indicating that it was a different species and, thus, being
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Chara globularis is a plant species in the family Characeae. GBIF holds 40,699 occurrence records across 49 countries. Its records concentrate in Switzerland, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom.
Life cycle
From seed to productOospore & germination
Propagated by **oospores** lying in the mud: they germinate when the anoxic sediment is exposed to light under shallow water.
Protonema
The oospore germinates into a slender **protonema** that attaches to the muddy substrate and soon becomes septate.
Submerged growth
The submerged plant grows in clumps with jointed axes and small leaf-like branchlets; **green thallus 10–30 cm tall**.
Oospore formation
Oospores form in reproductive structures at the nodes; **oospores mature in late summer–autumn**.
Distribution & origin
Share of recorded occurrences by region- Switzerland23%
- Netherlands14%
- France11%
- United Kingdom9%
- United States9%
- Sweden7%
- Germany6%
- Other regions21%
References
- 1Chara globularis — Wikipedia — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), 2026
- 2Chara globularis Thuiller :: AlgaeBase — Wikipedia,
- 3WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chara globularis Thuiller, 1799 — www.marinespecies.org,
- 4TAXONOMIC REEXAMINATION OF CHARA GLOBULARIS (CHARALES, CHAROPHYCEAE) FROM JAPAN BASED ON OOSPORE MORPHOLOGY AND rbcL GENE SEQUENCES, AND THE — Journal of Phycology, 2009
- 5GBIF — occurrence records of Chara globularis — GBIF, 2026
- 6Hình ảnh — Wikimedia Commons (6 ảnh, giấy phép CC/PD) — Wikimedia Commons, 2026