Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Sargassum torvum
Sargassaceae
Sargassum torvum J.Agardh , legitimate, scientific
Agardh, J.G. (1889), Species Sargassorum Australiae descriptae et dispositae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 23 (3): 107-108, tab XXIX, fig 5 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Hab. ad oras calidiores Novae Hollandiae.
Phillips, J.A. & Price, I.R. (1997), A catalogue of Phaeophyta (brown algae) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10 (5): - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: This species is known only from the original collection, from tropical NE Australia. Silva et al 1996 Univ Calif Public Bot. 79:704 indicates the alga occurs in WA.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Tanzania, Singapore.