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Meristotheca

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Meristotheca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Solieriaceae
Genus: Meristotheca
J.Agardh
Species [1]
  • M. coacta Okamura
  • M. dakaraensis Faye & Masuda
  • M. decumbens Grunow
  • M. fergusonii Grunow ex Mazza
  • M. floridana Kylin
  • M. papulosa (Montagne) J. Agardh
  • M. procumbens P.W. Gabrielson & Kraft
  • M. tobagensis W.R. Taylor

Meristotheca is a widely distributed genus of red algae some of whose species are eaten as edible seaweed. In particular, the type species, M. papulosa is a popular vegetable in Taiwan and Japan.

References

  1. ^ G. T. Kraft & Robert Wilkes (2005-03-04). "Meristotheca J. Agardh 1872: 36". AlgaeBase.


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