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Meristotheca
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Meristotheca

Meristotheca is a widely distributed genus of red algae some of whose species are eaten as edible seaweed. In particular, the type species, M. papulosa is a popular vegetable in Taiwan and Japan.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Meristotheca papulosa

speciesMeristotheca papulosa

Meristotheca lysonensis

speciesMeristotheca lysonensis

Meristotheca gelidium

speciesMeristotheca gelidium

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 341847.