Sargassum vestitum (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1820

Current name: Sargassum vestitum (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh
Kangaroo Island, South Australia - 20 October 2009. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Sargassum vestitum (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1820: 24

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.

Basionym
Fucus vestitus R.Brown ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands near New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Kent Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 102) Holotype or Lectotype: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1987: 434)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 18 March 2014

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 March 2025