| Genus: |
Petalonia Derbès & Solier |
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Authority: |
(J. Agardh) K.L. Vinogradova |
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Description: |
Erect thalli collected in the fi eld are dorsiventrally fl attened and arise from an encrusting base or small discoid holdfast. The erect blades, up to 13 cm long and 2 cm wide, are lanceolate or obovate, simple, solid and thin, gradually tapering at the base. The plurilocular sporangia lack paraphyses and are positioned in continuous sori covering most of the surface area of the blades (Pereira 2016). Description link |
| Biogeography |
Atlantic Is (Azores); Tropical and subtropical W and E Atlantic; Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan); Australia and New Zealand; Pacifi c Is (Hawaiian Is); NE Pacifi c (California). |
| Uses and compounds |
Used as food in China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea (Johnston 1966, Arasaki and Arasaki 1983, Tseng 1983, Mori et al. 2004, Yang et al. 2010). In coastal Shandong (China), this alga is cut into pieces with pork and used as a fi lling (“xian”) in Chinese dumplings or prepared as a cooked vegetable by the “chao” method (Bangmei and Abbott 1987). |
| References |
2016 - Pereira, L. Edible seaweeds of the world. Science Publishers, an Imprint of CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2016, 453 pp. ISBN 9781498730471 |
| Common names: |
Japanese: Habonori (Arasaki and Arasaki 1983); Korean: Miyeoksoi (Yang et al. 2010). |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Endarachne binghamiae J. Agardh
Type locality: vicinity of Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 629). Type: Herb. alg. Agardh, LD. Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Setchell & Gardner (1925: 538) for more information on the type locality of this species. |
