Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Ceramiales > Family Rhodomelaceae > Tribe Laurencieae

Osmundea Stackhouse, 1809

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Osmundea caspica (Zinova & Zaberzhinskaya) Maggs & L.M.McIvor, 2017
Osmundea hybrida (A.P.de Candolle) K.W.Nam, 1994
Osmundea maggsiana Serio, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 1999
Osmundea oederi (Gunnerus) G.Furnari, 2008
Osmundea osmunda (S.G.Gmelin) K.W.Nam & Maggs, 1994
Osmundea pelagiensis G.Furnari, 1994
Osmundea pelagosae (Schiffner) K.W.Nam, 1994
Osmundea pinnatifida (Hudson) Stackhouse, 1809
Osmundea truncata (Kützing) K.W.Nam & Maggs, 1994
Osmundea verlaquei G.Furnari, 1994

Literature

original description	Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum in Classe XXIV ta Linnaei sistens. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 2. 50-97.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Osmundea Stackhouse, 1809. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143921