Jania
rubens (Linnaeus)
Lamouroux
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Family
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Genus
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Corallinales
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Corallinaceae
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Jania
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Jania
rubens (Linnaeus)
Lamouroux
Characteristics
Plant
small, densely caespitose, the angle of dichotomy acute and branches
somewhat curved, segments sub-cuneate at the branchings, otherwise
cylindrical, 100 to 160µ in diameter, about 4 to 6 times as
long as broad, the branches tapering or acute at the apices; conceptacles
borne at the upper forking, urn-shaped, often with horn-like projections.
Distribution
:Gujarat, Malvan, (Maharashtra)
Ecological
status : Intertidal zone.
IUCN
status :NE
Uses
: Medicine
Culture/Cultivation
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