Gigantea Stackhouse, 1816
Lectotype species: Gigantea digitata (Hudson) Stackhouse
Currently accepted name for the type species:
Original publication: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.
Type designated in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1950). Review of the genera of algae described by Stackhouse. Hydrobiologia 2(3): 181-208.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2011-01-24 by .
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laminaria.
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024