Griffithsia
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| « Griffithsia corallina » = Griffithsia corallinoides - Illustration in Alguier des frères Crouan, Université de Bourgogne, 1852 | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Wrangeliaceae |
| Genus: | Griffithsia C. Agardh, 1817, nom. cons.[1] |
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Griffithsia is a genus of red algae in the family Wrangeliaceae.
Carl Adolph Agardh named Griffithsia in the honour of phycologist Amelia Griffiths (1768–1858).[2]
Griffithsin is a protein isolated from species of Griffithsia.
