Gracilaria: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Rhodophyta
- Class
- Florideophyceae
- Order
- Gracilariales
- Family
- Gracilariaceae
- Genus
- Gracilaria
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Gracilaria
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gracilaria
Gracilaria, also known as irish moss or ogonori, is a genus of red algae in the family Gracilariaceae. It is notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte meaning that it is used to make agar, as well as its use as a food for humans and various species of shellfish. Various species in the genus are cultivated among Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania. They produce over 90% of the world's agar.
...Gracilaria in languages:
- Chinese
- 江蘺屬
- Korean
- 꼬시래기속
- Lithuanian
- Grakščiadumblis
- Swedish
- agaralger
- Thai
- สกุล สาหร่ายวุ้น
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Gracilaria arcuata
- Gracilaria beckeri
- Gracilaria blodgettii
- Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
- Gracilaria canaliculata
- Gracilaria cervicornis
- Gracilaria chilensis
- Gracilaria cliftonii
- Gracilaria coronopifolia
- Gracilaria corticata
- Gracilaria curtissiae
- Gracilaria cylindrica
- Gracilaria domingensis
- Gracilaria dura
- Gracilaria ecuadoreanus
- Gracilaria foliifera
- Gracilaria gracilis
- Gracilaria intermedia
- Gracilaria multipartita
- Gracilaria pacifica
- Gracilaria parvispora
- Gracilaria robusta
- Gracilaria salicornia
- Gracilaria secundata
- Gracilaria skottsbergii
- Gracilaria textorii
- Gracilaria tikvahiae
- Gracilaria truncata































































































































































