''Plocamium'' is a
genus
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of
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...
in the family
Plocamiaceae. It contains around 40 species and has a
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 ...
in temperate seas, although it is most diverse in the
southern hemisphere.
''Plocamium'' has erect elliptical
thalli
Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms were ...
that grow up to in length. They are bright red in color with strongly flattened delicately branching fronds that further divide into two to five smaller branchlets.
Species classified under the genus include the following:
;Accepted species:
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Plocamium affine''
Kützing, 1849
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Plocamium angustum''
(J.Agardh) J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1847
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Plocamium beckeri''
F.Schmitz ex Simons, 1964
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Plocamium brachiocarpum''
Kützing, 1849
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Plocamium brasiliense''
(Greville) M.A.Howe & W.R.Taylor, 1931
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Plocamium cartilagineum''
(Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon, 1967
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Plocamium cirrhosum''
(Turner) M.J.Wynne, 2002
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Plocamium corallorhiza
''Plocamium'' is a genus of red algae in the family Plocamiaceae. It contains around 40 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate seas, although it is most diverse in the southern hemisphere.
''Plocamium'' has erect elliptical ...
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(Turner) J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1845
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Plocamium cornutum''
(Turner) Harvey, 1849
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Plocamium cruciferum''
Harvey, 1855
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Plocamium delicatulum''
Baardseth, 1941
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Plocamium dilatatum''
J.Agardh, 1876
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Plocamium fimbriatum''
M.J.Wynne, 2002
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Plocamium fuscorubrum''
Baardseth, 1941
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Plocamium glomeratum''
J.Agardh, 1851
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Plocamium hamatum''
J.Agardh, 1876
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Plocamium hookeri''
Harvey, 1845
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Plocamium leptophyllum''
Kützing, 1849
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Plocamium maggsiae''
G.W.Saunders & K.V.Lehmkuhl, 2005
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Plocamium maxillosum''
(Poiret) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
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Plocamium mertensii''
(Greville) Harvey, 1847
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Plocamium microcladioides''
G.R.South & N.M.Adams, 1979
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Plocamium minutum''
Levring, 1944
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Plocamium nanum''
G.W.Saunders & K.V.Lehmkuhl, 2005
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Plocamium oregonum''
Doty, 1947
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Plocamium ovicornis''
Okamura, 1896
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Plocamium patagiatum''
J.Agardh, 1894
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Plocamium patens''
G.Martens, 1868
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Plocamium preissianum''
Sonder, 1845
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Plocamium raphelisianum''
P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949
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Plocamium recurvatum''
Okamura, 1913
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Plocamium rigidum''
Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1834
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Plocamium sandvicense''
J.Agardh, 1892
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Plocamium secundatum''
(Kützing) Kützing, 1866
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Plocamium serratulum''
Okamura
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Plocamium serrulatum''
Okamura, 1932
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Plocamium suhrii''
Kützing, 1849
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Plocamium telfairiae''
(W.J.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey ex Kützing, 1849
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Plocamium violaceum''
Farlow, 1877
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Nomina dubia
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
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Plocamium concinnum''
Areschoug
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Plocamium froelichianum''
Kützing
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Plocamium subtile''
Kützing, 1866
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7205050
Red algae genera
Florideophyceae