Taxon Profile: Macrocystis pyrifera

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
103119
Common Name
kelp
Authority
C. Agardh 1820
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Heterokontophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Laminariales
Family
Lessoniaceae
Genus
Macrocystis
Taxon

Profile

Source of taxon data
Species 2000 Annual Checklist 1999
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Tore Pederson on 10-May-2005
Comments
Seaweeds 2000 database. Species 2000 idenitifer Sea-37010