Kelps
Laminariales
Kelps are large brown algae seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera. Despite its appearance, kelp is not a plant since it is not made of more than one clearly differentiated tissue; it is a heterokont.
8 branches of this order, most-observed first
Laminariaceae
familyLaminariaceae
Lessoniaceae
familyLessoniaceae
Alariaceae
familyAlariaceae
Agaraceae
familyAgaraceae
Phyllariella
genusPhyllariella
Pseudochordaceae
familyPseudochordaceae
Aureophycaceae
familyAureophycaceae
Macrocystis pyrifera × Lessonia spicata
hybridMacrocystis pyrifera × Lessonia spicata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 68789.