Dictyopteris
australis (Sonder)
Askenasy
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Dictyotales
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Dictyotaceae
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Dictyopteris
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Dictyopteris
australis (Sonder)
Askenasy
Characteristics
Plants
yellowish - olive and in older parts dark brown. Plant erect with
a somewhat distinct tuberous basal holfast, frond 30 cm or more in
height, repeatedly but irregularly dichotomously divided; segments
flabelliform, 4 - 6 times forked; breadth of lamina vary, in narrow
leaved form, 0.5 - 0.75 cm broad; in broad leaved forms about 1.5
cm broad; distinct midrib occuring throughout the length of the frond,
margin irregularly dentate and more or less sonvate, section with
two layers of cells in the thallus
Distribution
: Okha, Dwarka, (Gujrat), Malvan, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra); Goa, Karwar,
, Honawar, Bhatkal , (Karnataka).
Ecological status : Intertidal zone
IUCN
status :NE
Uses
: Extraction of algenate, fertilizer
Culture/Cultivation
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