Sargassum hornschuchii C.Agardh
Publication details
Sargassum hornschuchii C.Agardh 1820: 40
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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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.
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Sargassum
Eponomy
Named for Christian Friedrich Hornschuch (1793 -1850), German botanist.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Stichophora hornschuchii (C.Agardh) Kützing 1845
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: "In mari Adriatico prope Parenzo Istriae" (Agardh 1820: 40).
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Key references
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508.
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1-178, 36 figs.
Phillips, N. (1995). Biogeography of Sargassum (Phaeophyta) in the Pacific basin. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol. 5, pp. 107-145. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
Thibaut, T., Blanfuné, A., Boudouresque, C.-F. & Verlaque, M. (2015). Decline and local extinction of Fucales in the French Riviera: the harbinger of future extinctions?. Mediterranean Marine Science 16(1): 206-224.
Created: 11 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 04 March 2015 by M.D. Guiry
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References
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Pignatti-Wikus, E. (1961-62). Descrizione di Sargassum hornschuchii un'alga recentemente ritrovata presso Venezia. Atti dell'Instituto di Scienze 120: 215-225.
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