Ulva intestinalis L.
Sp.Pl. 2:1163 (1753)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Scientific Description
John Huisman & Cheryl Parker,
Monday 20 June 2011
Habit and structure. Thallus medium to dark green, erect and basally attached, 2–15 cm high, unbranched, terete and broadening above to 4–6 mm. Cells un-ordered throughout the thallus, polygonal to rounded, 10–14(–18) µm long by (8–)10–14 µm broad; chloroplast laminate with one (rarely two) pyrenoids.
Reproduction. Generations isomorphic, gametophytes dioecious, anisogamous.
Distribution. Cosmopolitan?
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 170 (1984), as Enteromorpha intestinalis]
