Callophyllis variegata, commonly known as carola, is a type of edible seaweed, a member of the genus Callophyllis.[1] Callophyllis variegata occurs in Concepción de Chile and other parts of South America such as Peru, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego. But also in New Guinea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, St. Paul Island (Indian Ocean), Antarctic and subantarctic islands such as the Graham Land, Kerguelen, Macquarie Island, South Georgia, and the South Orkney Islands.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Kallymeniaceae |
| Genus: | Callophyllis |
| Species: | C. variegata
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References
edit- ^ del Carmen Hernández-González, María; Aroca, Gesica; Furci, Giuliana; Buschmann, Alejandro H.; Filún, Luis; Espinoza, René (April 2010). "Population dynamics and culture studies of the edible red alga Callophyllis variegata (Kallymeniaceae)". Phycological Research. 58 (2): 108–115. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00568.x. S2CID 85697350.
- ^ Bringloe, Trevor T.; Macaya, Erasmo C.; Saunders, Gary W. (15 June 2019). "The phylogeographic history of amphitropical Callophyllis variegata (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) in the Pacific Ocean". Algae. 34 (2): 91–97. doi:10.4490/algae.2019.34.5.26.
- ^ Westermeier, Renato; Murúa, Pedro; Robles, Marcela; Barría, Marisol; Patiño, David J.; Muñoz, Liliana; Müller, Dieter G. (1 August 2020). "Population biology and chemical composition of the red alga Callophyllis variegata (Rhodophyta; Cryptonemiales) in southern Chile". Journal of Applied Phycology. 32 (4): 2505–2513. doi:10.1007/s10811-019-01988-2. ISSN 1573-5176. S2CID 209331293.
External links
edit- "Callophyllis variegata". University of Michigan Herbarium Catalog Collection.
- "Callophyllis variegata (Bory) Kützing :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org.
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