Botany Lab Practical Cram

Udotea spp.

Green carbonate algae, single wide blade on thallus

Halimeda spp.

Green carbonate algae, blades connected in a chain

Amphiroa spp.

Red carbonate algae, thin branches that look similar to staghorn coral

Galaxaura spp.

Red carbonate algae, bushy with branches that are flattened at the ends

Penicillus spp.

Green carbonate algae, spongy thicket with extremely fine branches

Ceramium spp

Red, fuzzy algae with filaments that end in pincers and banding on the trunk and branches

Centroceras spp

Red, fuzzy algae with filaments that end in pincers and no clear banding

Spyridia spp.

Red, gelatinous algae with thin, dark bands on the branches

Laurencia spp.

Red, gelatinous algae with solid branches that are rough to the touch

Solieria spp.

Red, gelatinous algae with smooth, solid-color branches, diffuse filamentous cortical packing, and a thick outer layer of cells

Agardhiella spp

Red, gelatinous algae with smooth, solid-color branches, diffuse filamentous cortical packing, and a thin outer layer of cells

Eucheuma spp

Red, gelatinous algae with smooth, solid-color branches and compact cortical packing

Gracilaria spp.

Red, gelatinous algae with smooth, solid color branches, parenchymatous cortical packing, and a sturdy body

Hypnea spp

Red, gelatinous algae with smooth, solid color branches, parenchymatous cortical packing, and extremely thin, fragile body

Sargassum spp.

Brown algae known for leaf-like blades and pneumatophores

Codium spp

Green, gelatinous algae with thick fingers and utricles

Ulva spp

Green, gelatinous algae arranged in flat sheets

Enteromorpha spp

Green, fuzzy algae with thin, multicellular blades and limited branching

Cladophoropsis spp

Green, fuzzy algae with blades a single cell thick and no cell wall at branches

Cladophora spp

Green, fuzzy algae with blades a single cell thick and thick cell walls

Bryopsis spp

Green, fuzzy algae with feather-like branchlets

Centroceras clavulatum

Centroceras species identified by spines under the microscope, only Centroceras species identified

Spyridia filamentosa

Spyridia species identified by black reproductive dots in the current season, the only Spyridia identified

Laurencia intricata

Laurencia species that is extremely thin and delicate, although rough to the touch

Laurencia poiteaui

Laurencia species very thick and wiry to the touch

Solieria filiformis

The only species of Solieria in Tampa ay

Gracilaria damaecornis

Gracilaria species with flat, short branches (only species identified)

Codium taylorii

Codium species with uniformly flattened branches and fuzzy ectodermis; horned utricles under the microscope

Codium decorticatum

Codium species with flattened branches at the forks and elongated and sparse branching pattern

Codium isthmocladum

Codium species with round, thick branches

Ulva fasciata

Ulva species with unpaired cells and no ridges on the laminar edge

Ulva rigida

Ulva species with unpaired cells and ridges along the laminar edge

Ulva latudica

Ulva species with cells in longitudinal pairs

Enteromorpha intestinalis

Enteromorpha species with coiled blades that do not branch

Enteromorpha flexuosa sus paradoxa

Enteromorpha species with straight blades that form branches

Bryopsis pennata

Bryopsis species with featherlike blade tips (only species identified)

Sargassum filipendula

Only sargassum species identified

Hypnea musciformis

Hypnea species with curling hooks at the end of its branches

Thalassia testudinum

Turtle grass, flat, wide blades

Halodule wrightii

Shoal grass, thin, flat blades

Syringodium filiforme

manatee grass, round blades

Spartina alterniflora

dominant marsh grass on the gulf coast of Florida

Uniola paniculata

sea oats, endangered and protected

Rhizophora mangle

red mangrove

Avicennia germinans

black mangrove

Laguncularia racemosa

white mangrove

Conocarpus erectus

Buttonwood mangrove associate, alternate phyllotaxy with pointed leaves

Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus

Silver Buttonwood

Coccoloba uvifera

Sea Grape

Hydrocotyl spp.

Dollar weed or pennywort