Ulva lactuca
creator: Guiry, Michael D.
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://www.algaebase.org/copyright/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145984 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2015-06-26T14:00:51Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753
class: Ulvophyceae
family: Ulvaceae
genus: Ulva
kingdom: Plantae
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
name published in: Bliding, C. (1968). A critical survey of European taxa in Ulvales. II. Ulva, Ulvaria, Monostroma, Kornmannia. Botaniska Notiser, 121. p. 535-629.
name published in: Bory de St. Vincent, J. B. (1828). Botanique, Cryptogamie. In: Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. (Duperrey, L.I. Eds), pp. 97-200. Paris: Bertrand.
name published in year: 1753
name published in year: 1968
name published in year: 1828
order: Ulvales
parent name usage ID: 144296
phylum: Chlorophyta
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1753
specific epithet: lactuca
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted