Genus: Betaphycus Trade name: gelatinae Symbol: BE
Authority: Doty ex P.C. Silva Type species: Betaphycusphilippinensis Doty
Classification: Eukaryota, Phylum Rhodophyta, Class Rhodophyceae, Subclass Florideophycidae, Order Gigartinales, Family Areschougiaceae.
Genus: Eucheuma Trade name: spinosum Symbol: EU
Authority: J. Agardh Type species: Eucheumadenticulatum (N.L. Burman) F.S.Collins & Hervey
Common names: Agal agal, Agal agal besar, Agar-agar, Agar agar besar, Agar agar pulau, Agar agar seru laut, Chilin-t' sai, Crude agar, East-Indian Carrageen, Eucheuma, Eucheuman, Java agar, Kirinsai, Makassar weed, Ruwe agar, Ryukyu-tsunomata, Singapore weed, Spinosum, Tosaka nori, Zanzibar weed
Classification: Eukaryota, Phylum Rhodophyta, Class Rhodophyceae, Subclass Florideophycidae, Order Gigartinales, Family Areschougiaceae.
Genus: Gracilaria Trade name: gracilaria Symbol: GR
Authority: Greville Type species: Gracilariabursa-pastoris (S.G. Gmelin) P.C. Silva
Commercial species: asisatica (ASI), bursa-pastoris (BUR), caudata (CAU), changii (CHN), chilensis (CHL), cornea (COE), coronopifera (COO), crassissima (CRM), domingensis (DOM), edulis (EDL), eucheumoides (EUC), firma (FIR), fisheri (FIS), folifera (FOL), gracilis (GRA), heteroclada (HET), howei (HOW), lemaneiformis (LEM), longa (LON), pacifica (PAC), parvispora (PAR), salicornia (SAL), tenuistipitata (TET), verrucosa (VEU).
Common names: Agar-agar Caocaoyan, Agar agar (Agal agal) kecil, Ceylon moss Chinese moss Fen tsai, Gulaman, Gulaman dagat
Classification: Eukaryota, Phylum Rhodophyta, Class Rhodophyceae, Subclass Florideophycidae, Order Gracilariales, Family Gracilariaceae.
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