| Ecklonia | |
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| Ecklonia cava | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Laminariales |
| Family: | Lessoniaceae |
| Genus: | Ecklonia J.W. Hornemann, 1828[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ecklonia buccinalis | |
| Species | |
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Ecklonia is a genus of kelp (brown algae) belonging to the family Lessoniaceae.
The genus name of Ecklonia is in honour of Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795–1868), who was a Danish botanical collector and apothecary.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Jens Wilken Hornemann in Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selk. Naturvidenskab. Math. Afh. Vol.3 on pages 385–388 in 1828.
- ^ Hornemann, J.W. (1828). "Om Fucus buccinalis Lin". Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlinger. 3: 379–390.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Ecklonia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.