Sargassum cymosum var. lendigerum (Linnaeus) Grunow 1916

Sargassum lendigerum (Linnaeus) C.Agardh

Current name: Sargassum lendigerum (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
HLBsn, herbarium specimen: Palmas Altas, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, Scale bar = 2.0 cm. - 09 December 2021. CC BY-NC 4.0

Publication Details
Sargassum cymosum var. lendigerum (Linnaeus) Grunow 1916: 139

Published in: Grunow, A. (1916). Additamenta ad cognitionem Sargassorum. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 66: 1-48, 136-185.

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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 lendigerum (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Basionym
Fucus lendigerus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Ad insulam Adsensionis [Ascension Island]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1160) Lectotype: Osbeck; LINN; 1274.44 (Spencer & al. 2009: 249)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 August 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 667) write "This variety is based on Fucus lendigerus Turner (not F. lendigerus Linnaeus; Sargassum lendigerum...) and must be accredited to directly to Grunow." This conclusion results from the comment of Grunow (loc. cit.) "Haec varietas est sine ullo dubio planta a Turnero depicta, sed in dubio manet, qui sit Fucus lendigerus Linne, qua de cause nomen S. cymosi J. Agardhii adoptavi". However, Linda Irvine (e-mail, 2 July 2006) points out that Turner's illustration was actually based on Linnaeus's specimen and thus the variety is indeed based on Linnaeus's material. - (02 July 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025

 
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