Eisenia_(alga) Knowpia

Eisenia is a brown alga genus in the family Lessoniaceae. The genus is named for California Academy of Sciences curator, Gustav Eisen.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Johan Erhard Areschoug in Bot. Not. (1876) on page 68 in 1876

Eisenia bicyclis (the arame (荒布)) is a species of kelp best known for its use in Japanese cuisine.

Species edit

^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.