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Name derivation: |
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Alaria : L. alaris: axillary, also ala: winged, with flanges or wings esculentus= esculentes: edible Common names: brown rib weed, bladder locks, dabber locks, henware, murlin, & winged kelp |
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Classification: |
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Alaria Greville, 1830; There are 66 species of which 12 have been taxonomically accepted
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Morphology: |
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A flexible, foliose kelp with a distinct midrib and many basal sporophylls on the plants stipe. |
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Similar genera: |
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Laminaria, Saccharina, Saccorhiza |
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Habitat: |
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In the North Atlantic Alaria grows in the lower littoral and upper sublittoral zones, particularly at exposed open coastal habitats.
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References: |
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Greville, R.K. 1830. Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock. Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2013. Taylor, W. R. 1957. Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America. Revised edition. Univ. Michigan Press., Ann Arbor, ix + 509 pp |
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