Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Ulvales > Family Ulvaceae

Ulva Linnaeus, 1753

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Enteromorpha*	Link, 1820	synonym

Children

Ulva bifrons Ardré, 1967
Ulva chaetomorphoides (Børgesen) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003
Ulva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh, 1811
Ulva compressa Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva curvata (Kützing) De Toni, 1889
Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803
Ulva gigantea (Kützing) Bliding, 1969
Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva intestinaloides (R.P.T.Koeman & Hoek) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003
Ulva kylinii (Bliding) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva laetevirens Areschoug, 1854
Ulva linearis P.J.L.Dangeard, 1957
Ulva linza Linnaeus, 1753
Ulva neapolitana Bliding, 1960
Ulva prolifera O.F.Müller, 1778
Ulva pseudocurvata Koeman & Hoek, 1981
Ulva pseudolinza (R.P.T.Koeman & Hoek) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003
Ulva radiata (J.Agardh) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003
Ulva ralfsii (Harvey) Le Jolis, 1863
Ulva rhacodes (Holmes) Papenfuss, 1960
Ulva rigida C.Agardh, 1823
Ulva rotundata Bliding, 1968
Ulva simplex (K.L.Vinogradova) Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, M.J.Stanhope & J.R.Waaland, 2003
Ulva tenera Kornmann & Sahling
Ulva torta (Mertens) Trevisan, 1841
Ulva uvoides Bory de Saint-Vincent

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: green laver sources: Sheridan, S.; Massin, C. (1998). Guide de la faune et flore sous-marine de Zelande. Commission Scientifique LIFRAS. 320 pp.

German: Meersalat

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Stockholm.
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	Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).
additional source	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Ulva Linnaeus, 1753. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144296