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Description: |
Thallus annual, cartilaginous, mainly greenish with pink tips, with erect axes averaging 4–8 cm (range 2–15 cm) long, having alternate or helicoid branching only in the upper 2/3 of the thallus; ovoid spermatangia produced in cup-shaped receptacles; cystocarps urceolate and sessile; tetrasporangia in parallel abaxial rows. |
| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), green (Stearn 1973). |
| Biogeography |
Macaronesian Region (Azores, Madeira, Selvages, Canaries, and Cape Verd). |
| References |
Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. & Haroun, R. (1992). Laurencia viridis sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodomelaceae) from the Macaronesian Archipelagos. Botanica Marina 35: 227-237. Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. & Haroun, R. (2002). Vegetative and reproductive phenology of Chondrophycus perforatus and Laurencia viridis (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Constancea 83.20: . |
| Habitat: |
Mainly restricted to exposed low intertidal sites, growing on rocks with strong wave action. |
