Sargassum wightii Greville 1848
Publication Details
Sargassum wightii Greville 1848: 329 (as 'Wigtii')
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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. in mari Indieco, ad oras Hindostaniae [Persia] (Wigt! [Robert Wight] in Hb. Hookerii 'sub n:o 246 et 248)."; (Agardh 1848: 329) Holotype: Herbarium of Wight; (Noro, Ajisaka & Yoshida 1994: 29) Notes: According to Noro et al. (1994), the Indian Ocean is the type locality. Isotype (Indies orientale) in MEL (MEL 696678). Matteo et al. (2010: 902) give the following data: syntypes: India, TCD 1120, 1121. This seems unlikely as the types should be in BM-K.
Eponomy
Named for Robert Wight (1796-1877), British surgeon and botanist, who held various positions in India, as a surgeon and as Superintendant of the Botanic Gardens at Madras.dras
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 September 2020
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Taxonomic note
Included in section Binderianae by Matteo et al. 2010 (formerly in section Acanthocarpicae). - (11 August 2010) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Indies orientale, MEL 696678 (Noro et al, 1994). Santelices (1994: 37), referring to Gelidium amansii, notes that this location (Indies orientales) has come to mean the general vicinity of India and Sri Lanka. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025
