Information

Scientific Name Avrainvillea erecta/obscura  
Classification #Kingdom: Plantae
 #Phylum: Chlorophyta
       #Class: Bryopsidophyceae
             #Order: Bryopsidales
                   #Family: Udoteaceae
                         #Genus: Avrainvillea
                               #Species: Avrainvillea erecta/obscura
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายหูช้าง
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Mudsum, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status common
Major Characters Attached by a well developed pseudobulbous holdfast; shortly stipitate flabellum; stipe thick and cylindrical; flabellum fanshaped, mostly single, but sometimes smaller ones parallel to the main one and anastomosing at the basis; dirty dark green.
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A029
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND