Gracilaria taenioides J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gracilaria taenioides J.Agardh 1852: 593
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva.
Type Information
Type locality: "Souliperon", Sri Lanka; (Silva & al. 1996: 167)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 09 February 2024
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Taxonomic note
Millar & Xia (1997) cite this as a synonym of Gracilaria edulis (Gmelin) Silva 1952. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025
