Sargassum berteroi Bory ex J.Agardh 1848
Publication Details
Sargassum berteroi Bory ex J.Agardh 1848: 324 (as 'Berterii')
Published in: 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.
Request PDFType 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 Sargassum filipendula f. berteroi (Bory ex J.Agardh) Grunow.
Source of Synonymy
Grunow, A. (1916). Additamenta ad cognitionem Sargassorum. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 66: 1-48, 136-185.
Type Information
Type locality: mouth of Magdalena River [near Barranquilla, Columbia]; (Agardh 1848: 324) Type: LD; herb. alg. Agardh
Eponomy
Named for Carlo Guiseppe Bertero (1789-1831), an Italian physician and botanist who practiced in Chile and who drowned at sea while returning there after a visit to Tahiti.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 August 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 August 2018
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Nomenclatural note
Brief description: "Specimen mancum et sterile, huic magopere simile, vidi, quod ipsius manu S. Berterii inscripsit Bory, sed ex ostio Magdalenae fluminis ut dicebatur reportatum." - (10 August 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025
