| Chara globularis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Charophyceae |
| Order: | Charales |
| Family: | Characeae |
| Genus: | Chara |
| Species: | C. globularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chara globularis | |
Chara globularis is a species of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae. [1] [2] 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 reclassified as the Chara leptospira. [3]
