Sargassaceae
Sargassum spinifex C.Agardh , legitimate, scientific
Agardh, C.A. (1820), Species algarum: 29-30 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: In mari Chinensi.
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Lund, Sweden: 2490
Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: 32 [secondary reference]
Kraft, G.T. (2009), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 2. Brown Algae: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS(2011) uses this taxon concept.
Kraft, G.T. (2009), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 2. Brown Algae: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Sargassum brachyphyllum Zanardini legitimate by Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: 32
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Collected by Gazelle expedition on Dirk Hartog Is. See: LD 2490 illustrated in Kraft 2006: figs 104 A-C.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Dampierian). World: China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka.