Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C.Agardh 1820

Current name: Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C.Agardh
Shoalwater Bay, south of Perth, Western Australia - 25 May 2011. John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Sargassum ilicifolium (Turner) 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.

Basionym
Fucus ilicifolius Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Sunda Strait, Indonesia; (Silva & al. 1996: 676) Holotype: BM; 562953 (Mattio et al. 2009: 1224) Notes: Collector: Mr. George Watts (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Section Ilicifoliae (type: S. ilicifolium): description emended by Matteo et al. (2010: 901).

Created: 30 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 March 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Section Acanthocarpicae (J. Agardh) I.A. Abbott, C.K. Tseng & B. Lu (Matteo et al. 2009). - (19 January 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Tsuda (1988: 60), this is a synonym of S. cristaefolium C.A. Agardh. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Shallow reef flats and rocky bottom (Matteo et al. 2009: 1224). - (19 January 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025