''Saccharina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of 24

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north

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and the northern

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at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the

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and off

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

). The commercially important species ''

Saccharina japonica ''Saccharina japonica'' is a marine species of the Phaeophyceae (brown algae) class, a type of kelp or seaweed, which is extensively cultivated on ropes between the seas of China, Japan and Korea. It has the common name sweet kelp. It is wi ...

'' (''Laminaria japonica'') is cultivated as

kombu ''Konbu'' (from ja, 昆布, konbu or kombu) is edible kelp mostly from the family Laminariaceae and is widely eaten in East Asia. It may also be referred to as ''dasima'' ( ko, 다시마) or ''haidai'' (). Kelp features in the diets of many ...

, a popular food in Japan.

Species

The following is a list of the 24 species of ''Saccharina'': * '' Saccharina angustata'' (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders *'' Saccharina angustissima'' (Collins) Augyte, Yarish & Neefus * '' Saccharina bongardiana'' (Postels & Ruprecht) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen * ''

Saccharina cichorioides ''Saccharina'' is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterra ...

'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina coriacea'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders *'' Saccharina complanata'' (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Gabrielson, Lindstrom & O'Kelly * '' Saccharina crassifolia'' (Postels & Ruprecht) Kuntze * '' Saccharina dentigera'' (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina groenlandica'' (Rosenvinge) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina gurjanovae'' (A.D. Zinova) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen * ''

Saccharina gyrata ''Saccharina'' is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterra ...

'' (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * ''

'' (J.E. Areschoug) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina kurilensis'' C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders *'' Saccharina lanciformis'' (Petrov) N.G.Klockova & Beliyi * ''

Saccharina latissima ''Saccharina latissima'' is a brown alga (class Phaeophyceae), of the family Laminariaceae. It is known by the common names sugar kelp, sea belt, and Devil's apron, and is one of the species known to Japanese cuisine as kombu. It is found in the ...

'' (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina longicruris'' (Bachelot de la Pylaie) Kuntze * '' Saccharina longipedales'' (Okamura) C.E. Lane, C. Maves, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * ''

Saccharina longissima ''Saccharina'' is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterra ...

'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina ochotensis'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina religiosa'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders *''Saccharina sachalinensis'' (Miyabe) N.Yotsukura & L.D.Druehl * ''

Saccharina sculpera ''Saccharina'' is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterra ...

'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders * '' Saccharina sessilis'' (C. Agardh) Kuntze * '' Saccharina yendoana'' (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3010381 Laminariaceae Laminariales genera Taxa named by John Stackhouse