Taxa named by John Stackhouse

species of edible alga

Ascophyllum nodosum is a large, common cold water seaweed or brown alga (Phaeophyceae) in the family Fucaceae. Its common names include knotted wrack, egg wrack, feamainn bhuí, rockweed, knotted kelp and Norwegian kelp. It grows only in the northern Atlantic Ocean, along the north-western coast of Europe (from the White Sea to Portugal) including east Greenland and the north-eastern coast of North America. Its range further south of these latitudes is limited by warmer ocean waters. It dominates the intertidal zone. Ascophyllum nodosum has been used numerous times in scientific research and ha

Chondrus is a genus of red algae containing 11 accepted species: Chondrus armatus (Harvey) Okamura Chondrus canaliculatus (C.Agardh) Greville Chondrus crispus Stackhouse Chondrus elatus Holmes Chondrus giganteus Yendo Chondrus ocellatus Holmes Chondrus pinnulatus (Harvey) Okamura Chondrus uncialis Harvey & Bailey Chondrus verrucosus Mikami Chondrus yendoi Yamada & Mikami

thumb|Codium cylindricum Holmes, type definition [[herbarium specimen pressed]]

Saccharina is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean Sea and off Brazil).

species of Phaeophyceae

genus of algae

British botanist (1742-1819)

species of alga

species of alga