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Hypnea
Hypnea is a red algal genus, and a well known carrageenophyte (plant producing polysaccharide carrageenan).
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hypnea musciformis
speciesHypnea musciformis

Hypnea pannosa
speciesHypnea pannosa

Hypnea valentiae
speciesHypnea valentiae

Green Tips
speciesHypnea spicifera

Hypnea cervicornis
speciesHypnea cervicornis

Hypnea spinella
speciesHypnea spinella

Hypnea chordacea
speciesHypnea chordacea

Straight Tips
speciesHypnea ecklonii

Shepherd's-crook weed
speciesHypnea ramentacea

Fine Tips
speciesHypnea tenuis

Hypnea japonica
speciesHypnea japonica

Rosecurl Tips
speciesHypnea rosea

Hypnea pseudomusciformis
speciesHypnea pseudomusciformis

Hypnea cryptica
speciesHypnea cryptica
Iridescent Tips
speciesHypnea viridis

Hypnea filiformis
speciesHypnea filiformis
Hypnea caraibica
speciesHypnea caraibica

Hypnea boergesenii
speciesHypnea boergesenii
Hypnea stellulifera
speciesHypnea stellulifera
Hypnea arbuscula
speciesHypnea arbuscula
Hypnea flagelliformis
speciesHypnea flagelliformis
Hypnea intricata
speciesHypnea intricata
Hypnea arenaria
speciesHypnea arenaria
Hypnea anastomosans
speciesHypnea anastomosans
Hypnea corona
speciesHypnea corona
Hypnea cornuta
speciesHypnea cornuta
Hypnea asiatica
speciesHypnea asiatica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Hypnea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67675.