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rockweeds
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rockweeds

Fucaceae

The Fucaceae are a family of brown algae, containing six genera:

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

vesicled rockweeds

genusFucus

Ascophyllum

genusAscophyllum

Silvetia

genusSilvetia

Pelvetiopsis

genusPelvetiopsis

Pelvetia

genusPelvetia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48218.