Sargassum tortile f. macrocarpum (C.Agardh) Yendo 1905

Current name: Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh
Kominato, Chiba Prefecture, JapanYukihiko Serisawa (serisawa@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp)

Publication Details
Sargassum tortile f. macrocarpum (C.Agardh) Yendo 1905: 156

Published in: Yendo, K. (1905). [Preliminary list of Japanese Fucaceae]. Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 19: 149-161.

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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 currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Yoshida, T. (1998). Marine algae of Japan. pp. [1]-25, [1]-1222. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd. [in Japanese]

Basionym
Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "ex Japonia"; Type: herb. alg. Agardh, LD; 2903 (Yoshida 1998: 391)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twisted, winding, spiral (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2022

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Nomenclatural note
As "f. macrocarpum Ag" in Yendo (1905: 156) but as "var. macrocarpum" in Yoshida (1998: 391). - (19 November 2021) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025