Sargassum cristaefolium C.Agardh 1820
Current name: Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C.Agardh
Publication Details
Sargassum cristaefolium C.Agardh 1820: 13
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: probably Jan-April 1820
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sargassum is Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Mattio, L., Payri, C.E. & Verlaque, M. (2009). Taxonomic revision and geographic distribution of the subgenus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the western and central Pacific islands based on morphological and molecular analyses. Journal of Phycology 45(5): 1213-1227.
Type Information
Type locality: Unknown; (Silva & al. 1996: 665) Holotype: LD; (Ajisaka & al.1997: 34) Notes: Type. From unknown locality (from Retzius, in LD). C.Agardh (1824) gives Ceylon (Womersely & Bailey, 1970).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024
