Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Ulvales > Family Ulvaceae > Genus Ulva

Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ulva*	Linnaeus, 1753	accepted genus name
*Enteromorpha*	Link, 1820	synonym
*Phycoseris*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Enteromorpha flexuosa*	(Wulfen) J.Agardh, 1883	synonym
*Enteromorpha lingulata*	J.Agardh, 1883	synonym

Children

Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. linziformis (Bliding) Bliding, 1963
Ulva flexuosa subsp. paradoxa (C.Agardh) M.J.Wynne, 2005
Ulva flexuosa subsp. pilifera (Kützing) M.J.Wynne, 2005
Ulva flexuosa var. linziformis Alongi, Cormaci & Furnari, 2014

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: hale-rørhinde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: キヌイトアオノリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Polish: sałata; taśma; watka

Literature

original description	Wulfen, F. X. (1803). Cryptogama aquatica. Archives de Botanique. 3: 1-64.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press.

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). Ulva flexuosa Wulfen, 1803. 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:234468