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Sargassum hombronianum Montagne

Publication details
Sargassum hombronianum Montagne 1845: 71

Original publication: Montagne, C. (1845). Plantes cellulaires. In: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée...pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Botanique. (Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. i-xiv, 1-349. Paris: Gide et Cie, Éditeurs.
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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.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Carpacanthus hombronianus (Montagne) Kützing 1849

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Type information
Type locality: Indian Ocean between Australia and New Guinea (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 676).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Sargassum hombronianum Montagne)
Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Indian Ocean Islands: Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: India (Sahoo et al. 2001).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Key references
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Sargassum&species=hombronianum

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Sargassum&Species=hombronianum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 August 2012 by Michael Guiry

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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 May 2013.

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