🌿 Family

Gigartinaceae

3 species · Plants

Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Gigartinales › Gigartinaceae

Chondracanthus exasperatus is a perennial Pacific North American red algae with variable morphology, ecological roles, and human uses.

Chondrus crispus, also called Irish moss, is a small northern Atlantic red algae used as a source of carrageenan.

Chondracanthus chamissoi, or sea chicory, is an edible red algal species consumed by Peruvians and Chileans since Pre-Hispanic times.

Related Families

Phyllophoraceae 3 species Dumontiaceae 2 species Endocladiaceae 2 species Furcellariaceae 1 species

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