Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh 1820

Current name: Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh
1. Fragment with vesicles. 2. Upper portion of branches. 3. Upper subtidal (Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam). - 09 March 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)

Publication Details
Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh 1820: 11

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.

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Publication 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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: India; (Mattio et al. 2010: 902) Lectotype: BM; 563461 (Mattio et al. 2010: 902) Notes: Lectotype designated by Matteo et al. (2010: 902).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 January 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Yoshida (1988: 7) cites the authority for this species as (Turner) C. Agardh. Noro et al. (1994) cite the authority for this species as (Turner) C. Agardh, 1820. Tseng & Lu (1995) and Ajisaka (2002) cite the authority for this species as (Turner) C. A. Agardh, 1824: 296. Accoding to Silva, Basson & More (1996) "Fucus swartzii Turner, the intended basionym of Sargassum swartzii, is not priorable since it is a later homonym of F. swartzii C. Agardh (1815a: 105; type locality: Japan). Sargassum swartzii C. Agardh is treated as a nomen novum in accordance with Art. 58.3. The earlier homonym was referred by Yoshida (1983: 142%u2013143, 148) to Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze (1880: 215, 228) (Fucus thunbergii Mertens ex Roth, 1806: 104%u2013105, pl. III; syntype localities: China; Japan) without infraspecific recognition in contrast to earlier authors who recognized var. swartzii (Kützing, 1849: 635) and forma swartzii (Okamura, 1923 [1923%u20131928]: 8)." (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic notes
Included in section Binderianae by Matteo et al. 2010 (formerly in section Acanthocarpicae). - (11 August 2010) - G.M. Guiry
According to Silva, Basson & Moe (1996) the name Sargassum acinaria has been misapplied to this species by various authors - please consult original reference for full listing. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025