Laminaria
Laminaria is a genus of 31 species of brown algae (Phaeophyceae), all sharing the common name "kelp". This economically important genus is characterized by long, leathery laminae and relatively large size. Some species are referred to by the common name Devil's apron, due to their shape, or sea colander, due to the perforations present on the lamina. It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 to 30 m (26 to 98 ft) (exceptionally to 120 m (394 ft) in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean Sea and off Brazil).
The name also refers to the use of this algae to dilate the cervix when induction of pregnancy is necessary. It serves to absorb moisture and then expand, subsequently expanding the cervix.
The greater proportion of commercial cultivation is for algin, iodine and mannitol, which are used in a range of industrial applications. The largest producer of kelp products is China.
Laminaria japonica (J. E. Areschoug — Japón) is now regarded as a synonym of Saccharina japonica
Species
Laminaria abyssalis A.B. Joly & E.C. Oliveira — Southamerican Atlantic
Laminaria agardhii Kjellman — Atlántico de Nortemérica
Laminaria angustata Kjellman — Japan
Laminaria appressirhiza J. E. Petrov & V. B. Vozzhinskaya
Laminaria brasiliensis A. B. Loly & E. C. Oliveira
Laminaria brongardiana Postels & Ruprecht
Laminaria bulbosa J. V. Lamouroux
Laminaria bullata Kjellman
Laminaria complanata (Setchell & N. L. Garder) Muenscher
Laminaria dentigera Kjellm. — North American Pacific: the strait of the bering of Baja California;
Laminaria diabolica Miyabe
Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J. V. Lamouroux
Laminaria ephemera Setchell — Pacific of North America: From Vancouver to California
Laminaria farlowii Setchell — Coast of the North American Pacific
Laminaria hyperborea (Gunnerus) Foslie
Laminaria inclinatorhiza J. Petrov & V. Vozzhinskaya
Laminaria multiplicata J. Petrov & M. Suchovejeva
Laminaria nigripes J. Agardh
Laminaria ochroleuca Bachelot de la Pylaie
Laminaria pallida Greville — South Africa, Indian Ocean, Canary Islands and de Tristán da Cunha
Laminaria platymeris Bachelot de la Pylaie
Laminaria rodriguezii Barnet
Laminaria ruprechtii (Areschoug) Setchell
Laminaria saccharina (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux
Laminaria sachalinensis (Miyabe) Miyabe
Laminaria setchellii P. C. Silva
Laminaria sinclairii (Harvey ex J. D. Hooker & Harvey) Farlow, Anderson & Eaton — North American Pacific coast
Laminaria solidugula J. Agardh
Laminaria yezoensis Miyabe
Translation
The word "Laminaria" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Fingertang, Estonian: Lehtadru, French: Laminaire (algue), Polish: Listownica, Russian: Ламинария, Ukrainian: Ламінарія.
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