| Uses and compounds |
Direct use as food - food, consumed whole Terrestrial plant and animal production - fertiliser Unspecified as usable source of chemicals/compounds - Unspecified |
| References |
Blanchette, C.A., Miner, B.G. & Gaines, S.D. (2002). Geographic variability in form, size and survival of Egregia menziesii around Point Conception, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 239: 69-82. Gordon, D.K. & DeWreede, R.E. (1978). Factors influencing the distribution of Egregia menziesii (Phaeophyta, Laminariales) in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany 56: 1198-1205. Gross, W. (1990). Note: Occurrence of glycolate oxidase and hydroxypyruvate reductase in Egregia menziesii (Phaeophyta). Journal of Phycology 26: 381-383, 2 figs, 1 table. Gross, W. (1990). Occurrence of glycolate oxidase and hydroxypyruvate reductase in Egregia menziesii (Phaeophyta). Journal of Phycology 26: 381-383. Henkel, S.K. & Murray, S.N. (2007). Reproduction and morphological variation in southern California populations of the lower intertidal kelp Egregia menziesii (Laminariales). Journal of Phycology 43(2): 242-255, 9 figs, 4 tables. Henkel, S.K., Hofmann, G.E. & Whitmer, A.C. (2007). Morphological and genetic variation in Egregia menziesii over a latitudinal gradient. Botanica Marina 50: 159-170. |
| Type information: |
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Egregia. Basionym
Fucus menziesii Turner Type information
Type locality: Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Type: BM-K? |
