Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Gracilariales > Family Gracilariaceae > Subfamily Gracilarioideae > Tribe Gracilarieae

Gracilaria Greville, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plocaria*	Nees, 1820	synonym

Children

Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini, 1858
Gracilaria armata (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, 1952
Gracilaria cervicornis (Turner) J.Agardh, 1852
Gracilaria conferta (Schousboe ex Montagne) Montagne, 1846
Gracilaria corallicola Zanardini, 1868
Gracilaria dendroides Gargiulo, De Masi & Tripodi, 1985
Gracilaria dura (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932
Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995
Gracilaria heteroclada (Montagne) J.Feldmann & G.Feldmann, 1943
Gracilaria longa Gargiulo, De Masi & Tripodi, 1987
Gracilaria longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995
Gracilaria multipartita (Clemente) Harvey, 1846
Gracilaria vermiculata P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949
Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オゴノリ属

Literature

original description	Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK. pp. [i-iii], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gracilaria Greville, 1830. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144188