Sargassum elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fucales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: TSAR Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Phaeista Infraphylum: Limnista Superclassis: Fucistia Classis: Phaeophyceae Subclassis: Fucophycidae Ordo: Fucales

Familia: Sargassaceae
Genus: Sargassum
Species: Sargassum elegans

Name

Sargassum elegans Suhr, 1840: 257

• Type locality: "Am Cap der guten Hoffnung" [At the Cape of Goog Hope but actually between Omsamculo (Umzimkulu) and Omcomas (Umkomaas) rivers, Natal, South Africa].
• Type: leg. Drège. B?

Homonyms

• Sargassum elegans Greville, 1849, nom. illeg. = synonym of Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh.

References

Primary references

• Suhr, J.N. von 1840. Beiträge zur Algenkunde. Flora 23: 257–265, 273–282, 289–298. BHL Reference page.