Griffithsia
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| « Griffithsia corallina » = Griffithsia corallinoides - Illustration in Alguier des frères Crouan, Université de Bourgogne, 1852 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Wrangeliaceae |
| Genus: | Griffithsia C. Agardh, 1817, nom. cons.[1] |
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Griffithsia is a genus of red algae in the family Wrangeliaceae.
Carl Adolph Agardh named Griffithsia in the honour of phycologist Amelia Griffiths (1768–1858).[2]
Griffithsin is a protein isolated from species of Griffithsia.
Species
[edit]Griffithsia aestivana - Griffithsia antarctica - Griffithsia balara - Griffithsia capitata - Griffithsia caribaea - Griffithsia caudata - Griffithsia chilensis - Griffithsia coacta - Griffithsia confervoides - Griffithsia corallinoides - Griffithsia crassiuscula - Griffithsia devoniensis - Griffithsia elegans - Griffithsia genovefae - Griffithsia globulifera - Griffithsia grandis - Griffithsia gunniana - Griffithsia heteroclada - Griffithsia heteromorpha - Griffithsia intertexta - Griffithsia intricata - Griffithsia japonica - Griffithsia metcalfii - Griffithsia monilis - Griffithsia myriophyllum - Griffithsia okiensis - Griffithsia opuntioides - Griffithsia ovalis - Griffithsia pacifica - Griffithsia phyllamphora - Griffithsia pilalyea - Griffithsia pulvinata - Griffithsia radicans - Griffithsia redicata - Griffithsia rhizophora - Griffithsia schousboei - Griffithsia secundiramea - Griffithsia subcylindrica - Griffithsia teges - Griffithsia tingitana - Griffithsia tomo-yamadae - Griffithsia torulosa - Griffithsia traversii - Griffithsia venusta - Griffithsia weber-van-bosseae
References
[edit]- ^ Agardh, C.A. 1817. Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]–xl, [1]–135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana
- ^ Suzanne Le-May Sheffield. Revealing new worlds: three Victorian women naturalists. Women in science. Vol. 3. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-27069-3.
External links
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Data related to Griffithsia at Wikispecies
Media related to Griffithsia at Wikimedia Commons- Griffithsia at AlgaeBase
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