Codium

Codium
Codium spongiosum off the Réunion coast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Codiaceae
Genus: Codium
Stackhouse, 1797
Type species
Codium tomentosum
Species

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Codium cylindricum Holmes, type definition herbarium specimen pressed

Codium is a genus of edible green macroalgae (or seaweeds) under the order Bryopsidales. The genus name is derived from a Greek word that pertains to the soft texture of its thallus. One of the foremost experts on Codium taxonomy was Paul Claude Silva at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] P.C. Silva was able to describe 36 species for the genus and in honor of his work on Codium,[1] the species C. silvae was named after the late professor.[3]

  1. ^ a b Moe, R. (2019). "In Memoriam: Paul Claude Silva (31 October 1922–12 June 2014)". Phycologia. 54 (1): 89–94. doi:10.2216/14-111R1.1. S2CID 86361100.
  2. ^ C. van den Hoek; D. G. Mann; M. H. Jahns (1995). Algae: An Introduction to Phycology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-30419-1.
  3. ^ Womersley, H.B.S. (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I. Adelaide, South Australia: Handbooks Committee of South Australian Government. p. 329. ISBN 0-7243-4552-3.

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