WoRMS taxon details
Macrocystis C.Agardh, 1820
AphiaID: 206527
AphiaID: 206527
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Laminariales (Order) > Laminariaceae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Laminariaceae Bory, 1827 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Macrocystis pomifera Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 Species Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis communis Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis humboldtii (Bonpland) C.Agardh, 1822 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis integrifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis laevis C.H.Hay, 1986 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis latifolius Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis luxurians (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) J.Agardh, 1848 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis menziesii (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 accepted as Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug, 1876 Species Macrocystis orbigniana Montagne, 1839 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis pelagica Areschoug, 1848 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis planicaulis C.Agardh, 1839 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Species Macrocystis tenuifolia Postels & Ruprecht, 1840 accepted as Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206527 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Macrocystis C.Agardh, 1820. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206527 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||||||||
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