Lessonia flavicans
| Lessonia flavicans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Laminariales |
| Family: | Lessoniaceae |
| Genus: | Lessonia |
| Species: | L. flavicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Lessonia flavicans Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1825 | |
Lessonia flavicans is a species of kelp in the genus Lessonia, native to the shallow seas off the far south of South America and the Falkland Islands. It is the only alga to have the form of a tree, having a stem up to 20 cm (7.9 in) thick and up to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall, topped by dichotomous clusters of flaccid fronds each up to a metre long, and bringing the total height to 4 m (13 ft).
References
- ↑ Nardelli, Allyson E.; Visch, Wouter; Wright, Jeffrey T.; Hurd, Catriona L. (2023). "Concise review of genus Lessonia Bory" (PDF). Journal of Applied Phycology. 35 (4): 1485–1498. doi:10.1007/s10811-023-02968-3. ISSN 0921-8971. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ↑ Sir Joseph Hooker, ed. (1847). Botany of the Antarctic Voyage - Volume 1 Part 2 - Algae. london: Lovell-Reeve. pp. 457–460.
- ↑ Fritsch D.Sc., F. E. (1945). Structure and Reproduction of the Algae - Volume 2. Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 204.
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