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Eisenia
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Eisenia

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

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

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Southern sea palm

speciesEisenia arborea

Eisenia bicyclis

speciesEisenia bicyclis

Eisenia galapagensis

speciesEisenia galapagensis

Eisenia cokeri

speciesEisenia cokeri

Eisenia desmarestioides

speciesEisenia desmarestioides

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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 125880.