Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird, McLachlan & E.C.Oliveira, 1986 is a plant in the Gracilariaceae family, order Gracilariales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird, McLachlan & E.C.Oliveira, 1986

Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird, McLachlan & E.C.Oliveira, 1986

Gracilaria chilensis is an edible, agar-producing red algae that is the main cultivated seaweed in Chile.

Genus
Gracilaria
Order
Gracilariales
Class
Florideophyceae

About Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird, McLachlan & E.C.Oliveira, 1986

Scientific name: Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird, McLachlan & E.C.Oliveira, 1986. Common name pelillo, Gracilaria chilensis is an agar-producing red algae native to Pacific South America. It is edible, and it is the main seaweed species cultivated in Chile.

Photo: (c) Erasmo Macaya Horta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Erasmo Macaya Horta · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Rhodophyta Florideophyceae Gracilariales Gracilariaceae Gracilaria

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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