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Monotypic taxon: Class Charophyceae Rabenh. (1863) - stoneworts (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  L. Rabenhorst, 1863, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  Rabenhorst, 1863: 282; XIV. ("klaſſe: Characeae"). ≡
Subsequent spelling:  Smith, G.M. 1938: 127. ≡
Description/Diagnosis in German:  Rabenhorst, 1863: 282.

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 16.3 (phylum-subclass)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 20 Sep 2022.
Validated without Latin description/diagnosis [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 44.1 (algae; ex 1958-2011)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 20 Sep 2022.

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon of: Charophyta (Phylum) Migula (1889)
Automatically typified subtaxon: Charales (Order) Lindl. (1836)

Variants

Clade-based name: Charophyceae (Clade) Smith 1938 [Karol, McCourt & Hall 2020] Ref: K.G. Karol et al., 2020: [205]. [inferred]
Different rank: Charophyta (Phylum) Migula (1889)
Different rank: Charophyta (Division) Migula (1889)
Incorrect spelling: Charopsida (Class) orth. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 28 Jan 2023 (ICN, 2018: Art. 16.3).

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Charophytopsida (Class) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name (objective): Characeae (Phylum) Agardh (1824)
Including: Chaetophycidae (Subclass) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Including: Conjugophyceae (Class) auct.
Including: Eophyceae (Class) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Including: Stichophycidae (Subclass) T. Cavalier-Sm. (1998)

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: stoneworts Ref: F. Leliaert et al., 2012: 23.

Vernacular Names (German)

Full name: Armleuchteralgen Ref: F. Weberling & H.O. Schwantes, 1972: 215.
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