Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Sargassum varians
Sargassaceae
Sargassum varians Sond. , legitimate, scientific
Sonder, O.W. (1845), Nova Algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Preiss, Ph.Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3: 51 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: No type statement is found in Sonder 1845.
  • Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Melbourne: 30182
Womersley, H.B.S. (1954), Australian species of Sargassum, subgenus Phyllotrichia. Australian Journal of Botany 2: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Sargassum decipiens (R.Br. ex Turner) J.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1873), Till algernes systematik. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 9: 63
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sargassum trichophyllum var. turneri J.Agardh legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Sonder 1848 Pl. Preiss. p. 163 states 'Ad Novae Hollandiae litus occidentale. herb. preiss. No. 2530.' The type specimen is illustrated in Womersley 1954 Aust. J. Bot. 2:pl 4, fig 2.
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Dampierian).