An Index of Commercially Useful Brown Seaweeds (Phylum Phaeophyta)
Annual commercial harvest about one million dry metric tons |
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| Genus |
Species |
Trade name |
Tons/yr |
| 1.Alaria |
crassifolia, fitulosa, marginata, esculenta |
alaria |
n/a |
| 2.Ascophyllum |
nodosum |
rockweed |
31,000 |
| 3.Cladosiphon |
okamuranus |
cladisiphon |
1,500 |
| 4.Cystoseira |
barbata |
cystoseira |
n/a |
| 5.Desmarestia |
spp. |
desmarestia |
n/a |
| 6.Durvillaea |
antarctica, potatorum |
durvillaea |
4,500 |
| 7.Ecklonia |
cava, maxima, stolonifera |
ecklonia |
350 |
| 8.Egregia |
meziesii |
egregia |
n/a |
| 9.Fucus |
gardneri, serratus, vesiculosus & spp. |
fucus |
100 |
| 10.Hizikia |
fusiformis |
hizikia |
7,500 |
| 11.Hydroclathrus |
clathratus |
hydroclathrus |
n/a |
| 12.Laminaria |
angustata, bongardiana, diabolica, digitata, groenlandica, hyperborea, japonica, longicruris, longissima, ochroleuca, octotensis, religiosa, saccharina, setchelli, sachinzii & spp. |
kelp |
760,000 |
| 13.Lessonia |
nigriscens, trabeculata |
lessonia |
25,000 |
| 14.Macrocystis |
integrifolia, pyrifera |
giant kelp |
26,000 |
| 15.Nemacystus |
decipiens, |
nemacystis |
n/a |
| 16.Nereocystis |
luetkaena |
nereocystis |
100 |
| 17.Pelvetia |
siliquosa |
pelvetia |
n/a |
| 18,Postelsia |
spp. |
postelsia |
n/a |
| 19.Sargassum |
aquaifolium, crassifolium, filipendula, gramminifolium, henslowianum, horneri, ilicifolium, mcclurei, myriocystum, oligocystum, polycystum, siliquosum, wightii, vachelliannum & spp. |
sargassum |
8,000 |
| 20.Scytosiphon |
lomentaria |
scytosiphon |
n/a |
| 21.Turbinaria |
conoides, decurrens & spp. |
turbinaria |
300 |
| 22.Undaria |
pinnitifida, peterseniana |
wakame |
122,000 |
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