Bostrychia (alga)

For the bird, see Bostrychia.

Bostrychia
Bostrychia scorpioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Rhodomelaceae
Genus: Bostrychia
Montagne, 1842

Bostrychia is a genus of filamentous red alga.[1] Species may grow as epiphytes on other plants in salt marsh and mangrove habitats.[2]

  1. ^ Wehr, John D.; Robert G. Sheath (2002). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-12-741550-5.
  2. ^ Cole, Kathleen M.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (1990). Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press. pp. 396–399. ISBN 978-0-521-34301-5.