Griffithsia

Griffithsia is a genus of red algae in the family Wrangeliaceae.

Griffithsia
« Griffithsia corallina » = Griffithsia corallinoides - Illustration in Alguier des frères Crouan, Université de Bourgogne, 1852
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Wrangeliaceae
Genus:	Griffithsia C. Agardh, 1817, nom. cons.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Heterosphondylium Nägeli, 1862 Pandorea J.Agardh, 1876, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Pandorea Spach 1840, Bignoniaceae) Polychroma Bonnemaison, 1822, nom. illeg.

Carl Adolph Agardh named Griffithsia in the honour of phycologist Amelia Griffiths (1768–1858).^[2]

Griffithsin is a protein isolated from species of Griffithsia.

Species

Griffithsia aestivana - Griffithsia antarctica - Griffithsia balara - Griffithsia capitata - Griffithsia caribaea - Griffithsia caudata - Griffithsia chilensis - Griffithsia coacta - Griffithsia confervoides - Griffithsia corallinoides - Griffithsia crassiuscula - Griffithsia devoniensis - Griffithsia elegans - Griffithsia genovefae - Griffithsia globulifera - Griffithsia grandis - Griffithsia gunniana - Griffithsia heteroclada - Griffithsia heteromorpha - Griffithsia intertexta - Griffithsia intricata - Griffithsia japonica - Griffithsia metcalfii - Griffithsia monilis - Griffithsia myriophyllum - Griffithsia okiensis - Griffithsia opuntioides - Griffithsia ovalis - Griffithsia pacifica - Griffithsia phyllamphora - Griffithsia pilalyea - Griffithsia pulvinata - Griffithsia radicans - Griffithsia redicata - Griffithsia rhizophora - Griffithsia schousboei - Griffithsia secundiramea - Griffithsia subcylindrica - Griffithsia teges - Griffithsia tingitana - Griffithsia tomo-yamadae - Griffithsia torulosa - Griffithsia traversii - Griffithsia venusta - Griffithsia weber-van-bosseae

References

1. Agardh, C.A. 1817. Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]–xl, [1]–135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana
2. Suzanne Le-May Sheffield. Revealing new worlds: three Victorian women naturalists. Women in science. Vol. 3. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-27069-3.

External links

• Data related to Griffithsia at Wikispecies
• Media related to Griffithsia at Wikimedia Commons
• Griffithsia at AlgaeBase