Ecklonia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Chromista
- Phylum
- Ochrophyta
- Class
- Phaeophyceae
- Order
- Laminariales
- Family
- Lessoniaceae
- Genus
- Ecklonia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ecklonia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ecklonia
Ecklonia is a genus of kelp (brown algae) belonging to the family Lessoniaceae.
The genus name of Ecklonia is in honour of Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795–1868), who was a Danish botanical collector and apothecary.
The genus was circumscribed by Jens Wilken Hornemann in Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selk. Naturvidenskab. Math. Afh. Vol.3 on pages 385–388 in 1828.
...Ecklonia in languages:
- Finnish
- palmukelpit
- Korean
- 감태속
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