Ulvaceae
Family of algae
| Ulvaceae | |
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| Ulva lactuca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulvales |
| Family: | Ulvaceae (J.V.Lamour.) Dumort. (1822) |
| Genera | |
| See text | |
Ulvaceae (/ʌlˈveɪsii/) is a widely distributed family of thin green algae having either a flat or a hollow tubular thallus, reproducing by the conjugation of planogametes or of zoospores, and being classed among the Ulotrichales or now more commonly placed in the order Ulvales.[1]
Genera in the family Ulvaceae[2]
- Gemina V.J.Chapman, 1952
- Letterstedtia Areschoug, 1850
- Ochlochaete Thwaites, 1849
- Percursaria Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823
- Ruthnielsenia C.J.O'Kelly, B.Wynsor & W.K.Bellows, 2004
- Ryuguphycus H.Kawai, T.Hanyuda & T.Kitayama, 2020
- Ulva Linnaeus, 1753
- Ulvaria Ruprecht, 1850
- Umbraulva E.H.Bae & I.K.Lee, 2001
References
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