species 39 observations

Caulerpa paspaloides

Caulerpa paspaloides

Field notes

Caulerpa paspaloides is a species of seaweed in the family Caulerpaceae. The species is native to the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of northern Brazil.

Three forms and five varieties are accepted.

Caulerpa paspaloides f. flabellata Weber-van Bosse

Caulerpa paspaloides f. phleoides (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Weber-van Bosse

Caulerpa paspaloides f. phyllaphlaston (G.Murray) Weber-van Bosse

Caulerpa paspaloides var. compressa (Weber Bosse) M.Howe

Caulerpa paspaloides var. laxa Weber Bosse

Caulerpa paspaloides var. minima Humm & S.E.Taylor

Caulerpa paspaloides var. wurdemannii Weber Bosse

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided