Chara vulgaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1156. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae aquis pigris." RCN: 7031.

Lectotype (Wood in Trans. Amer. Microscop. Soc. 79: 220, pl. I, II. 1960): Löfling 757, Herb. Linn. No. 1088.3 (LINN) .

Generitype of Chara Linnaeus (vide Robinson in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 254. 1906).

Current name: Chara vulgaris L. ( Characeae).