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Purple Laver

Porphyra purpurea

535Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb5
Mar13
Apr13
May28
Jun57
Jul51
Aug71
Sep64
Oct186
Nov7
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England35
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland13
3Essex England9
4Medway England9
5Gwynedd Wales7
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland7
7Bristol, City of England6
8Swansea Wales6
9Pembrokeshire Wales5
10Highland Scotland4
11Cumbria England4
12Isle of Anglesey Wales4
13Belfast Northern Ireland4
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
15Conwy Wales3
300 England12 Scotland115 Wales75 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
535
Peak month
October
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Porphyra purpurea
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
566
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Bangiophyceae
Order
Bangiales
Family
Bangiaceae
Genus
Porphyra
Name with authority
Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21504479 · GBIF 5275561