Ulvaceae
| Ulvaceae | |
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| Ulva lactuca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulvales |
| Family: |
Ulvaceae (J.V.Lamour.) Dumort. (1822) |
| Genera | |
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Ulvaceae () is a widely distributed family of thin green algae having either a flat or a hollow tubular thallus, reproducing by the conjugation of planogametes or of zoospores, and being classed among the Ulotrichales or now more commonly placed in the order Ulvales.
Genera in the family Ulvaceae
- Enteromorpha
- Enteronia
- Gemina
- Letterstedtia
- Lobata
- Ochlochaete
- Percursaria
- Phycoseris
- Ruthnielsenia
- Solenia
- Ulva
- Ulvaria
- Umbraulva