Table 1 List of kelp species recognised in this analysis (for species authorities, see www.Algaebase.org)
Laminariales (33 genera, 112 species) | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
‘Ancestral families’ (3 genera, 7 species) | ||
 Akkesiphycacae (1 genus, 1 species) | Akkesiphycus | lubricum |
 Chordaceae (1 genus, 4 species) | Chorda | asiatica, filum, kikonaiensis, rigida |
 Pseudochordaceae (1 genus, 2 species) | Pseudochorda | gracilis, nagaii |
‘ACLL families’ (30 genera 105 species) | ||
  Alariaceae (8a genera, 18a species) | Alaria | angusta, crassifolia, crispa, dolichorhachis, esculenta, marginata, oblonga, paradisea, praelonga |
Aureophycus a | aleuticus | |
Eualaria | fistulosa | |
Lessoniopsis | littoralis | |
Pleurophycus | gardneri | |
Pterygophora | californica | |
Undaria | crenata, pinnatifida, undarioides | |
Undariella b | kurilensis | |
  Costariaceae (4 genera, 7 species) | Agarum | fimbriatum, clathratum, oharaense |
Costaria | costata | |
Dictyoneurum | californicum, reticulatum | |
Thalassiophyllum | clathrum | |
 Laminariaceae (13 genera, 56 species) | Arthrothamnus | bifidus, kurilensis |
Costularia | kurilensis | |
Cymathaere | fibrosa | |
Feditia | simuschirensis | |
Laminaria | abyssalis, agardhii, appressirhiza, bullata, complanata, cordata, digitata, ephemera, farlowii, hyperborea, inclinatorhiza, longipes, multiplicata, nigripes, ochroleuca, pallida, philippinensis, platymeris, rodriguezii, ruprechtii, setchellii, sinclairii, solidungula, yezoensis | |
Macrocystis | pyrifera | |
Nereocystis | luetkeana | |
Pelagophycus | porra | |
Phyllariella | ochotensis | |
Postelsia | palmaeformis | |
Pseudolessonia | laminarioides | |
Saccharina | angustata, bongardiana, cichorioides, coriacea, crassifolia, dentigera, groenlandica, gurjanovae, gyrata, japonica, kurilensis, latissima, longicruris, longipedalis, longissima, ochotensis, religiosa, sculpera, sessilis, yendoana | |
Streptophyllopsis | kuroshioense | |
  Lessoniaceae (5 genera, 24 species) | Ecklonia | brevipes, cava, kurome, maxima, muratii, radiata, stolonifera |
Eckloniopsis | radicosa | |
Egregia | menziesii | |
Eisenia | arborea, bicyclis, cokeri, desmarestioides, galapagensis, gracilis | |
Lessonia | adamsiae, brevifolia, corrugata, fuscescens, nigrescens, tholiformis, trabeculata, vadosa, variegata | |