Sargassum brevifolium var. pergracile Grunow 1915
Publication Details
Sargassum brevifolium var. pergracile Grunow 1915: 442 (as 'pergracilis')
Published in: Grunow, A. (1915). Additamenta ad cognitionem Sargassorum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Möniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 65: 329-448, no figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Sargassum pergracile Greville
Type Information
Type locality: India; (Silva & al. 1996: 696)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2014
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Nomenclatural note
The intended basionym Sargassum pergracile Greville, q.v., was an invalid name. Grunow's combination can be treated as a new name. - (24 March 2014) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) this taxon apparently lies within the circumspection of Sargassum polycystum but has not yet been formally transferred or reduced to synonymy. - (24 March 2014) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2025
