List of brown algal genera

This is a list of the orders, families and genera in the class Phaeophyceae — the brown algae.

Ascoseirales

*"Ascoseira"

Cutleriales

Cutleriaceae

*"Cutleria"
*"Microzonia"
*"Zanardinia"

Desmarestiales

Arthrocladiaceae

*"Arthrocladia"

Desmarestiaceae

*"Desmarestia"
*"Himantothallus"
*"Phaeurus"

Dictyotales

Dictyotaceae

*"Dictyopteris"
*"Dictyota"
*"Dilophus"
*"Distromium"
*"Glossophora"
*"Homoeostrichus"
*"Lobophora"
*"Lobospira"
*"Newhousia"
*"Pachydictyon"
*"Padina"
*"Spatoglossum"
*"Stypopodium"
*"Taonia"
*"Zonaria"

coresbyellaceae

*"Scoresbyella"

Ectocarpales

Acinetosporaceae

*"Acinetospora"
*"Feldmannia"
*"Geminocarpus"
*"Hincksia"
*"Pogotrichum"
*"Pylaiella"

Acrotrichaceae

*"Acrothrix"

Adenocystaceae

*"Adenocystis"
*"Caepidium"
*"Utriculidium"

Chordariaceae

*"Ascoseirophila"
*"Asperococcus"
*"Austrofilum"
*"Chordaria"
*"Cladosiphon"
*"Corycus"
*"Delamarea"
*"Dictyosiphon"
*"Elachista"
*"Eudesme"
*"Giraudia"
*"Gononema"
*"Halothrix"
*"Haplogloia"
*"Hecatonema"
*"Heterosaundersella"
*"Hummia"
*"Isthmoplea"
*"Laminariocolax"
*"Laminarionema"
*"Leathesia"
*"Leptonematella"
*"Litosiphon"
*"Microspongium"
*"Mikrosyphar"
*"Myelophycus"
*"Myriogloea"
*"Myrionema"
*"Myriotrichia"
*"Papenfussiella"
*"Petrospongium"
*"Pleurocladia"
*"Polytretus"
*"Proselachista"
*"Protectocarpus"
*"Punctaria"
*"Sauvageaugloia"
*"Soranthera"
*"Sorocarpus"
*"Spermatochnus"
*"Sphaerotrichia"
*"Stictyosiphon"
*"Streblonema"
*"Striaria"
*"Stschapovia"
*"Tinocladia"

Ectocarpaceae

*"Ectocarpus"
*"Kuckuckia"

Ishigeaceae

*"Ishige"

Ralfsiaceae

*"Porterinema"
*"Ralfsia"
*"Asterocladon"
*"Asteronema"
*"Bachelotia"
*"Neoleptonema"
*"Petroderma"

cytosiphonaceae

*"Chnoospora"
*"Colpomenia"
*"Hydroclathrus"
*"Nemoderma"
*"Petalonia"
*"Rosenvingea"
*"Scytosiphon"
*"Bodanella"
*"Coelocladia"
*"Heribaudiella"
*"Phaeostroma"

Fucales

Durvillaeaceae

*"Durvillaea"

Fucaceae

*"Ascophyllum"
*"Fucus"
*"Hesperophycus"
*"Pelvetia"
*"Pelvetiopsis"
*"Silvetia"
*"Xiphophora"

Himanthaliaceae

*"Himanthalia"

Hormosiraceae

*"Hormosira"

Notheiaceae

*"Notheia"

argassaceae

*"Anthophycus"
*"Axillariella"
*"Bifurcaria"
*"Bifurcariopsis"
*"Carpoglossum"
*"Caulocystis"
*"Coccophora"
*"Cystophora"
*"Cystoseira"
*"Halidrys"
*"Hizikia"
*"Hormophysa"
*"Myagropsis"
*"Myogropsis"
*"Myriodesma"
*"Sargassum"
*"Turbinaria"

eirococcaceae

*"Cystophaera"
*"Marginariella"
*"Phyllospora"
*"Seirococcus"

Laminariales

Akkesiphycaceae

*"Akkesiphycus"

Alariaceae

*"Alaria"
*"Lessoniopsis"
*"Pleurophycus"
*"Pterygophora"
*"Undaria"

Chordaceae

*"Chorda"

Costariaceae

*"Agarum"
*"Costaria"
*"Dictyoneurum"
*"Thalassiophyllum"

Halosiphonaceae

*"Halosiphon"

Laminariaceae

*"Arthrothamnus"
*"Cymathaere"
*"Hedophyllum"
*"Laminaria"
*"Macrocystis"
*"Nereocystis"
*"Pelagophycus"
*"Pelagophycus x Macrocystis"
*"Postelsia"
*"Saccharina"

Lessoniaceae

*"Ecklonia"
*"Eckloniopsis"
*"Egregia"
*"Eisenia"
*"Lessonia"
*"Pseudolessonia"

Phyllariaceae

*"Phyllariopsis"
*"Saccorhiza"

Pseudochordaceae

*"Pseudochorda"

cytothamnales

*"Scytothamnus"
*"Splachnidium"
*"Stereocladon"

phacelariales

Choristocarpaceae

*"Choristocarpus"
*"Onslowia"
*"Verosphacella"

Cladostephaceae

*"Cladostephus"

Discosporangiaceae

*"Discosporangium"

phacelariaceae

*"Sphacelaria"
*"Sphacella"

typocaulaceae

*"Alethocladus"
*"Halopteris"
*"Stypocaulon"

porochnales

porochnaceae

*"Carpomitra"
*"Sporochnus"

yringodermatales

yringodermataceae

*"Syringoderma"

Tilopteridales

Tilopteridaceae

*"Haplospora"
*"Phaeosiphoniella"
*"Tilopteris"

"Incertae sedis"

Heterochordariaceae

*"Analipus"

Phaeostrophionaceae

*"Phaeostrophion"