Chara elliptica V. Nikolsk. (1984:1092)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
An illegitimate junior homonym (IFPNI, 2026). The replacement name Chara nikolskae Doweld (2015) has been created.
Conservation Status
Invalid (nomen illegitimum) (IFPNI, 2026)
Last record: Holocene (Nikolskaja, 1984)
Distribution & Habitat
Majkara ravine, Central Kazakhstan
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Nikolskaja, V. D. (1984). Новые виды Сharophyta из антропогена Казахстана / Novye vidy Сharophyta iz antropogena Kazakhstana [New species of Charophyta from the Anthropogene of Kazakhstan]. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 69(8): 1090-1095.
Other references:
Doweld, Alexander Borisovitch. (2015). Chara nikolskae, a new name for Chara elliptica Nikolskaja (1984) non Fritzsche (1924) and Aclistochara elliptica (Fritzsche) comb. nov. (Characeae). Phytotaxa 226(2): 199-200. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.11
IFPNI (International Fossil Plant Names Index). (2026a). Chara elliptica. In: International Fossil Plant Names Index. Available at: https://ifpni.org/ [Accessed 23 August 2026]
IFPNI (International Fossil Plant Names Index). (2026b). Chara nikolskae. In: International Fossil Plant Names Index. Available at: https://ifpni.org/ [Accessed 23 August 2026]