Linnaeus, C. (1753), Species plantarum Edn. 1st: 1160 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Habitat in Pelago libere natans, nec radicatus. Vegitabile ni fallor, inter omnia in orbe, numeraf[s]iff[ss]imum.

Gaillon, F.B. in Cuvier, G.-F. (1828), Thalassiophytes. Dictionnarie des sciences naturelles dans lequel on traite methodiquement des differents etres de la nature Edn. 2nd: 355 [basionym]

basionym of: Sargassum natans (L.) Gaillon legitimate

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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sargassum natans (L.) Gaillon legitimate

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Fucus sargasso S.G.Gmel. nom. inval., nom. nud.

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Linnaean Soc., London: 1274.35

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]

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