{{Short description|Family of seaweeds}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Alaria esculenta Crouan.jpg | image_alt = Alaria esculenta | image_caption = ''Alaria esculenta'' | taxon = Alariaceae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }}
'''Alariaceae''' are a family of brown algae in the order Laminariales.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x | last=Lane | first=C.E. |author2=C. Mayes|author3= L.D. Druehl|author4= G.W. Saunders | year=2006 | title=A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization | journal=Journal of Phycology | volume=42 | issue=2 | pages=493–512 }}</ref>
==Genera== * ''Alaria'' {{small|Areschoug}} * ''Aureophycus'' * ''Eualaria'' {{small|Areschoug}} * ''Lessoniopsis'' {{small|Reinke}} * ''Pleurophycus'' {{small|Setchell & Saunders ex J.Tilden}} * ''Pterygophora'' {{small|Ruprecht}} * ''Undaria'' {{small|Suringar}} (e.g. wakame) * ''Undariella'' {{small|Y.P.Petrov & Kussakin}}
==Distribution== The distribution of Alariaceae includes the northeastern Pacific Ocean, South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand coasts.
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==Further reading== {{Wikispecies|Alariaceae}} *{{cite journal|last1=Gerasimenko|first1=N.I.|last2=Martyyas|first2=E.A.|last3=Busarova|first3=N.G.|title=Composition of lipids and biological activity of lipids and photosynthetic pigments from algae of the families Laminariaceae and Alariaceae|journal=Chemistry of Natural Compounds|date=November 15, 2012|volume=48|issue=5|pages=737–741|doi=10.1007/s10600-012-0371-5}}
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Category:Alariaceae Category:Brown algae families
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