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Giant Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Macrocystis pyrifera
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Macrocystis pyrifera
Species recognized by wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, Australia Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, New Zealand Species List, Peru Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AF, wikipedia hr Croatian, NCBI, and United States Species List
Macrocystis pyrifera
Recognized by CalPhotos, Undersea Productions, FAO Fishery Statistics, and EOL staff
Macrocystis pyrifera (L. (1820))
Recognized by IABIN
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) Agardh
Species recognized by GBIF classification and Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK and GBIF national node type records Sweden
Fucus pyrifer
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Macrocystis pyrifera
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Macrocystis pyrifera
Recognized by Flickr BHL
Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh
Species recognized by GBIF data coverage
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) Agardh
Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh
Species recognized by iNaturalist
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh
Recognized by Smithsonian Contributions to Botany

Alternative Names

Fucus pyrifer
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Laminaria pyrifera
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from NCBI Taxonomy
Fucus pyrifer
Synonym according to NCBI
Laminaria pyrifera
Synonym according to NCBI
Fucus pyrifer
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Fucus pyriferus Linneaus
Not accepted according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Laminaria pyrifera
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Common Names

English

Bull bladder kelp
prefer
Recognized by Undersea Productions
Giant kelp preferred
Recognized by Undersea Productions and Wikidata Common Names

Afrikaans

Reusekelp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

طحلب الكلب العملاق preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

梨形巨藻 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Divovski kelp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

reuzenkelp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Päärynälevä preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Riesentang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

קלפ ענק preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

オオウキモ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

거대다시마 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Kjempetare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

کتانجک غول preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Wielkomorszcz gruszkonośny preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Divovski kelp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

طحلب الكلب العملاق preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

梨形巨藻 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

梨形巨藻 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Macrocystis pyrifera

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
Stramenopiles
Ochrophyta
Phaeophyceae
Laminariales
Laminariaceae
Macrocystis
Macrocystis pyrifera (this page)
Macrocystis angustifolia
Macrocystis integrifolia
Macrocystis laevis

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Macrocystis pyrifera (this page)
Macrocystis angustifolia
Macrocystis integrifolia
Macrocystis laevis

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Macrocystis pyrifera (this page)
Macrocystis angustifolia
Macrocystis integrifolia
Macrocystis laevis

GBIF classification

Chromista
Ochrophyta
Phaeophyceae
Laminariales
Laminariaceae
Macrocystis C. Agardh 1820
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) Agardh (this page)
Macrocystis integrifolia Bory

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Chromista
Chromista
Phaeophyta
Phaeophyceae
Laminariales
Lessoniaceae
Macrocystis
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) Agardh (this page)
Macrocystis integrifolia Bory

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Sar
Stramenopiles
Ochrophyta
PX clade
Phaeophyceae
Laminariales
Laminariaceae
Macrocystis
Macrocystis pyrifera (this page)
Macrocystis angustifolia
Macrocystis integrifolia
Macrocystis laevis
unclassified Macrocystis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Chromista
Harosa
Halvaria
Heterokonta
Ochrophyta
Phaeista
Limnista
Fucistia
Phaeophyceae
Fucophycidae
Laminariales
Laminariaceae
Macrocystis
Macrocystis pyrifera (this page)
Macrocystis integrifolia
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