Sargassaceae
Sargassum vulgare C.Agardh , nom. illeg., scientific
Agardh, C.A. (1820), Species algarum: 3-4 [primary reference]
Sonder, O.W. (1853), Plantae Muellerianae: Algae. Linnaea 25: 673 [secondary reference]
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [secondary reference]
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Sargassum spinuligerum Sond. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1853), Plantae Muellerianae: Algae. Linnaea 25: 673
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: - [secondary reference]
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: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Sargassum polycystum C.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, C.A. (1820), Species algarum: 3-4
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Not in Australia. For more information see Silva et al 1996 Univ Calif Public Bot. 79:707. Phillips & Price 1997 Aust. Syst. Bot. 10:709 synonymise this name with Sargassum polycystum.
  • AMANI dist.: World: Indian Ocean.