Hypnea
esperi Bory
de Saint vincent
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Order
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Family
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Genus
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Gigartinales
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Hypneaceae
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Hypnea
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Hypnea
esperi Bory
de Saint-Vincent
Characteristics
The thalli
ate intricate-cespitose, forming prostrate clumps that are always
mixed with other algal species, greenish and reddish whan dried. Branching
are somewhat irregular; main axes are cylindrical, measuring 348 -
546 µ in diameter, supporting numerous delicate long and filiform
ultimate branchlets which are terete, acute at the tips but sometimes
bifurcate; these are 740 - 1955µ long and 95 - 172µ in
diameter;
tetrasporangia are zonate, oval 34.4 - 44.2µ long, 23.3 - 31µ
broad and are borne in stichidia formed near the tips of the ultimate
branchlets.
Distribution
: Lakshadweep
Ecological status : Mangrove swamps and Intertidal zone.
IUCN
status : LRnt
Uses
: It is edible and is prepared as salad with sliced tomatoes and onions.
Cultivation:
Lecel 4
Existing
Cultivation: None
