Family
Laminariaceae
Laminaria ephemera. Photo: (c) Brenna Green, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Laminariaceae is a family of brown algal seaweeds, many genera of which are popularly called “kelp.” The table indicates the genera within this family. The family includes the largest known seaweeds: Nereocystis and Macrocystis.