Asparagopsis
taxiformis (Delile)
Trevisan
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Order
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Family
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Genus
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Bonnemaisoniales
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Bonnemaisoniaceae
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Asparagopsis
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Asparagopsis
taxiformis (Delile)
Trevisan
Characteristics
Plant
erect with much branched, entangled rhizome like creeping portion,
giving off few rhizoids here and there below and above erect shoot,
appearing bushy in well developed plant; stem terete, with bushy tuft
above, 20 cm or more in height, branched; lower part of stem for some
distance from the rhizom like portion, to about 5 - 15 cm without
branches; higher up branches dense, closely inserted on all sides
of the stem, 2 cm long, several times pinnated, attenuated at ends;
ultimate ramuli filiform, curved or coiled inwards; ceramidia at apex
of transformed ramuli, with large number of spores; substance in stem
firmly cartilaginous, branches and ramuli, soft and flaccid; colour
dark brownish or purplish red, cystocarp sub-sessile, urceolate, opposite
to branchlet.
Distribution
: Gajarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Lakshadweep
Ecological
status : Intertidal zone,
IUCN
status :NE
Uses
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Cultivation
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