List of brown algal genera

This is a list of the orders, families and genera in the class Phaeophyceae — the brown algae.

Choristocarpus Zanardini 1860

[Ishigeophycidae]

Diplura Hollenberg 1969

[Ishigeales]

[Dictypophycidae]

[Syringodermatales]

[Syringodermataceae]

Microzonia Agardh 1984Syringoderma Levring 1940

[Onslowiales]

[Onslowiaceae]

Onslowia Searles 1980Verosphacella Henry 1987

Canistrocarpus De Paula & De Clerck 2006Chlanidophora Agardh 1894 non Berg 1877Dictyopteris Lamouroux 1809a nom. cons.Dictyota Lamouroux 1809b nom. cons. Dictyopsis Troll 1931Distromium Levring 1940Exallosorus Phillips 1997Herringtonia Kraft 2009Homoeostrichus Agardh 1894Lobophora Agardh 1894 Lobospira Areschoug 1854Newhousia Kraft et al. 2004Padina Adanson 1793 nom. cons. Padinopsis Ercegovic 1955Rugulopteryx De Cerck & Coppejans 2006Scoresbyella Womersley 1987Spatoglossum Kutzing 1843Stoechospermum Kutzing 1843Stypopodium Kutzing 1843Taonia Agardh 1848Zonaria Agardh 1817

[Sphacelariales]

[Lithodermataceae]

Bodanella Zimmermann 1927Heribaudiella Gomont 1896Lithoderma Areschoug 1875Pseudolithoderma Svedelius 1910

[Phaeostrophionaceae]

Phaeostrophion Setchell & Gardner 1924

[Sphacelodermaceae]

Sphaceloderma Kuckuck 1894

[Stypocaulaceae]

AlethocladusHalopteris Kutzing 1843 Phloiocaulon Geyler 1866Protohalopteris Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010Ptilopogon Reinke 1890

[Cladostephaceae]

Cladostephus Agardh 1817

[Sphacelariaceae]

Battersia Reinke ex Batters 1890 emend. Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010Chaetopteris Kutzing 1843Herpodiscus South 1974 emend. Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010Sphacelaria Lyngbye 1818Sphacella Reinke 1890Sphacelorbus Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010

[Fucophycidae]

[Asterocladales]

[Asterocladaceae]

Asterocladon Müller, Parodi & Peters 1998

[Ascoseirales]

[Ascoseiraceae]

Ascoseira Skottsberg 1907

[Cutleriales]

[Cutleriaceae]

Cutleria

''Zanardinia''

[Desmarestiales]

[Arthrocladiaceae]

''Arthrocladia''

[Desmarestiaceae]

DesmarestiaHimantothallus

''Phaeurus''

[Ectocarpales]

[Acinetosporaceae]

Acinetospora
Feldmannia
Geminocarpus
Hincksia
Pogotrichum
''Pylaiella''

[Adenocystaceae]

Adenocystis
Caepidium
''Utriculidium''

[Chordariaceae]

Acrothrix
Ascoseirophila
Asperococcus
Austrofilum
Chordaria
Cladosiphon
Corycus
Delamarea
Dictyosiphon
Elachista
Eudesme
Giraudia
Gononema
Halothrix
Haplogloia
Hecatonema
Heterosaundersella
Hummia
Isthmoplea
Laminariocolax
Laminarionema
Leathesia
Leptonematella
Litosiphon
Microspongium
Mikrosyphar
Myelophycus
Myriogloea
Myrionema
Myriotrichia
Papenfussiella
Petrospongium
Pleurocladia
Polytretus
Proselachista
Protectocarpus
Punctaria
Sauvageaugloia
Soranthera
Sorocarpus
Spermatochnus
Sphaerotrichia
Stictyosiphon
Streblonema
Striaria
Stschapovia
''Tinocladia''

[Chordariopsidaceae]

''Chordariopsis''

[Ectocarpaceae]

Ectocarpus
''Kuckuckia''

[Mesosporaceae]

''Mesospora''

[Myrionemataceae]

''Asterotrichia''

[Pylaiellaceae]

''Bachelotia''

[Fucales]

[Bifurcariopsidaceae]

''Bifurcariopsis''

[Durvillaeaceae]

''Durvillaea''

[Fucaceae]

Ascophyllum
Fucus
Hesperophycus
Pelvetia
Pelvetiopsis
Silvetia
''Xiphophora''

[Himanthaliaceae]

''Himanthalia''

[Hormosiraceae]

''Hormosira''

[Notheiaceae]

''Notheia''

[Sargassaceae]

AnthophycusAxillariellaBifurcariaBifurcariopsisCarpoglossumCaulocystisCoccophoraCystophoraCystoseiraEricariaGongolariaHalidrysHizikiaHormophysaMyagropsisMyogropsisMyriodesmaPolycladiaSargassumSargassopsisSirophysalisStephanocystisStolonophora

''Turbinaria''

[Seirococcaceae]

Cystophaera

MarginariellaPhyllospora
''Seirococcus''

[Laminariales]

[Akkesiphycaceae]

''Akkesiphycus''

[Alariaceae]

AlariaAureophycusDruehliaEualariaHiromeLessoniopsisPleurophycusPterygophoraUndariaUndariella

''Undariopsis''

[Chordaceae]

''Chorda''

[Costariaceae]

AgarumCostariaDictyoneurum

''Thalassiophyllum''

[Laminariaceae]

ArthrothamnusCostulariaCymathereFeditiaGiganteaLaminariaMacrocystisNereocystisPelagophycusPelagophycus x MacrocystisPhycocastanumPhyllariellaPolyschideaPostelsiaPseudolessoniaSaccharina