Sargassaceae
Sargassum godeffroyi Grunow
, legitimate, scientific
[Grunow, A. (1874), Algen der Fidschi-, Tonga- und Samoa-Inseln, gesammelt von Dr. E. Graeffe. Erste Folge: Phaeosporeae, Fucoideae und Florideae. Journal des Museums Godeffroy 3]:
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[tax. nov.]
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Type locality:
Port Mackay, Ost-Australien, leg. Amalie Dietrich.
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Type specimen:
[Type category unknown]: Leiden, Netherlands: [Accession No. unknown]
[Phillips, J.A. & Price, I.R. (1997), A catalogue of Phaeophyta (brown algae) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10 (5)]:
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[secondary reference]
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ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
[ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011]:
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[secondary reference]
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In this protologue Grunow separates 2 varieties but does not name them. In a later paper (Grunow 1916 Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gessellschaft in Wien 66:46) he has 2 forms (f. dentata, f. obscura) which appear to be equivalent to the varieties.
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AMANI dist.:
Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef), Norfolk Island.