Kelps belong to the Phaeophyta, the brown algae, which are the largest of the chromists, with the biggest species reaching over 30 meters in length. Almost all brown algae are marine. They are not closely related to land plants, because their cells contain different pigments such as chlorophyll c and fucoxanthin and they lack the plasmodesmata and starch production of land plants. Like plants and many protists they have a complex life cycle with alternation of generations. A kelp has flat photosynthetic blades branching from a stipe, or stalk, and puffy regions on the blades are receptacles, the structures in which the gametes are produced.
Kelps (Laminariales)
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UC Museum of Paleontology: Introduction to the Phaeophyta
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the largest brown algae may reach over 30 meters in length
Wikipedia: Macrocystis
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Macrocystis is a monospecific genus of kelp (large brown algae) with all species now synonymous with Macrocystis pyrifera.
Bull kelp (Wikipedia)
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Bull kelp is a common name for the brown alga Nereocystis luetkeana which is a true kelp in the family Laminariaceae.
Wakame (Wikipedia)
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Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a species of kelp native to cold, temperate coasts of the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia: Laminaria digitata
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Laminaria digitata is a large brown alga in the family Laminariaceae, also known by the common name oarweed.
Wikipedia: Saccharina latissima
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Saccharina latissima is a brown alga (class Phaeophyceae), of the family Laminariaceae.
Kombu (Wikipedia)
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Kombu or Konbu (from Japanese: 昆布, romanized: konbu or kombu) is edible kelp mostly from the family Laminariaceae and is widely eaten in East Asia.
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