Gracilaria

Gracilaria is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte, as well as its use as a food for humans and various species of shellfish. Various species in the genus are cultivated among Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania. Gracilaria contains the following subtaxa: Gracilaria abbottiana M.D.Hoyle Gracilaria abyssalis Gurgel & Yoneshigue-Valentin Gracilaria aculeata (Hering) Papenfuss Gracilaria aggregata Hooker f. & Harvey Gracilaria ambigua Greville Gracilaria apiculata P.Crouan & H.Crouan Gracilaria apiculata subsp. candelabriformis Gurgel, Fredericq & J.N.Norris Gracilaria apiculifera J.Agardh Gracilaria arcuata f. rhizophora Børgesen Gracilaria arcuata var. attenuata Umamaheswara Rao Gracilaria arcuata var. snackeyi Weber Bosse Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini Gracilaria armata (C.Agardh) Greville Gracilaria articulata C.F.Chang & B.M.Xia Gracilaria ascidiicola E.Y.Dawson Gracilaria attenuata (M.Umamaheswara Rao) V.Krishnamurthy Gracilaria austromaritima Przhemenstskaya Gracilaria babae (H.Yamamoto) P.-K. Ng, P.-E. Lim & S.-M. Phang Gracilaria baiana Lyra, Gurgel, M.C.Oliveira & Nunes Gracilaria beckeri (J.Agardh) Papenfuss Gracilaria birdiae E.M.Plastino & E.C.Oliveira Gracilaria blodgettii Harvey Gracilaria brasiliensis Gurgel & Yoneshigue-Valentin Gracilaria brevis W.R.Taylor Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva Gracilaria camerunensis Pilger Gracilaria canaliculata Sonder Gracilaria capensis F.Schmitz ex Mazza Gracilaria capitata Zanardini Gracilaria cearensis (A.B.Joly & Pinheiro) A.B.Joly & Pinheiro Gracilaria cerrosiana W.R.Taylor Gracilaria cervicornis (Turner) J.Agardh Gracilaria changii (B.M.Xia & I.A.Abbott) I.A.Abbott, J.Zhang & B.M.Xia Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird, McLachlan & E.C.Oliveira Gracilaria chondracantha (Kützing) A.J.K.Millar Gracilaria chondroides (Kützing) P.Crouan & H.Crouan Gracilaria chorda var. exilis Yamamoto Gracilaria chouae Zhang & B.M.Xia Gracilaria cliftonii Withell, A.J.K.Millar & Kraft Gracilaria comosa Withell, A.J.K.