Bostrychia (alga)

Bostrychia is a genus of filamentous red alga.[1] Species may grow as epiphytes on other plants in salt marsh and mangrove habitats.[2]

For the bird, see Bostrychia.

Bostrychia
Bostrychia scorpioides
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Rhodomelaceae
Genus:	Bostrychia Montagne, 1842

References

1. Wehr, John D.; Robert G. Sheath (2002). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-12-741550-5.
2. Cole, Kathleen M.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (1990). Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press. pp. 396–399. ISBN 978-0-521-34301-5.