''Ecklonia'' is a
genus
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of
kelp (brown algae) belonging to the
family
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Lessoniaceae.
The genus name of ''Ecklonia'' is in honour of
Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795–1868), who was a Danish botanical collector and
apothecary
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.
The genus was
circumscribed by
Jens Wilken Hornemann in Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selk. Naturvidenskab. Math. Afh. Vol.3 on pages 385–388 in 1828.
Known species
* ''
Ecklonia biruncinata''
* ''
Ecklonia brevipes''
* ''
Ecklonia cava''
* ''
Ecklonia fastigiata''
* ''
Ecklonia kurome''
* ''
Ecklonia maxima''
* ''
Ecklonia muratii''
* ''
Ecklonia radiata''
* ''
Ecklonia stolonifera''
* ''
Ecklonia radicosa''
''Ecklonia'' species produce
eckol-type phlorotannins.
[Protective effect of phlorotannin components phloroglucinol and eckol on radiation-induced intestinal injury in mice. Changjong Moon, Sung-Ho Kim, Jong-Choon Kim, Jin Won Hyun, Nam Ho Lee, Jae Woo Park and Taekyun Shin, Phytotherapy Research, February 2008, Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 238–242, ] The name of this genus honours
Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868) the
Danish pharmacist
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,
botanist
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and
plant collector.
; synonyms:
* ''Ecklonia bicyclis'', a synonym of ''
Eisenia bicyclis'' (Kjellman) Setchell 1905, the arame
References
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Laminariales genera