CHARACEAE S.F. gray, 1821
(stoneworts)

Interactions where CHARACEAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Endochytrium digitatum a chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Chytridiales: Endochytriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Endochytriaceae/Endochytrium digitatum/Endochytrium digitatuma chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Charophyceae/Charales/Characeae/Characeaestoneworts parasitises
is parasitised by UK/IrelandQuestionable Hypochytrium catenoides a chytrid Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Hypochytrium catenoides/Hypochytrium catenoidesa chytrid Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Charophyta/Charophyceae/Charales/Characeae/Characeaestoneworts? parasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

CHARACEAE (stoneworts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Chara
a genus of stoneworts
Genus 4 trophisms
Nitella
a genus of stoneworts
Genus 4 subtaxa 3 trophisms 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCHARACEAE (stoneworts)
OrderCHARALES (stoneworts)
ClassCHAROPHYCEAE (stoneworts)
PhylumCHAROPHYTA (stoneworts, desmids, charaphytes etc, charophytes)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHARACEAE (stoneworts)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Allen, G.O. 1950 *** British Stoneworts (Charophyta) ***(Superseded) 52pp, Haslemere Natural History Society
Brightman, F.H. & Nicholson, B.E. 1966 The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants The Oxford Books, 208pp, Oxford University Press
Groves, J. & Bullock-Webster, G.R. 1920 *** The British Charophyta ***(Superseded) Vols 102 & 109, 141+22 Platespp, The Ray Society, London
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
() Moore, J.A. 1986 Charophytes of Great Britain and Ireland BSBI Handbooks, No 5, 140pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
() Mouronval, J.B., Baudouin, S., Borel, N., Soulie-Marsche, I., Klesczewski, M. & Grillas, P. 2015 Guide des Characées de France méditerranéenne Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage
() Stewart, N. 2010 Key to common species of stonewort

CHARACEAE (stoneworts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Moore, J.A. & Greene, D.M. 1983 Provisional atlas of the Characeae of the British Isles, including a catalogue of specimens held in the Herbarium of the British Museum (Natural History) 121pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CHARACEAE (stoneworts):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 85 images of CHARACEAE (stoneworts)
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