Sargassum grevillei (C.Agardh ex Sonder) Kuntze, nom. illeg. 1880

Publication Details
Sargassum grevillei (C.Agardh ex Sonder) Kuntze, nom. illeg. 1880: 223

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1880). Revision von Sargassum und das sogennante Sargasso-Meer. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 191-239, 2 plates.

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Publication date: 1880

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 Cystophora grevillei (C.Agardh ex Sonder) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Basionym
Cystoseira grevillei C.Agardh ex Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia (probably near Fremantle); (Silva & al. 1996: 645) Type: Preiss; MEL; 286 (Womersley 1987: 374) Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Womersley (1964: 85) for more information on the type locality of this species.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Sargassum grevillei J. Agardh. - (22 August 2008) - G.M. Guiry

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