''Eudesme'' is a genus of brown algae belonging to the family Chordariaceae. The genus was first described by

Jakob Georg Agardh Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist. He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at Lund Univer ...

in 1882. The genus has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

. Species: * ''

Eudesme virescens ''Eudesme virescens'' is a species of alga belonging to the family Chordariaceae. It is native to Europe and America, Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of th ...

'' (Carm. ex Berk.) J.Agardh

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3059510 Chordariaceae Brown algae genera