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Sargassum  C. Agardh
Taxonomic Serial No.: 11389

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Chromista  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomChromista   
    SubkingdomChromista   
       DivisionPhaeophyta  – brown algae, algues brunes  
          ClassPhaeophyceae   
             OrderFucales   
                FamilySargassaceae   
                   GenusSargassum C. Agardh  
    Direct Children:  
                      SpeciesSargassum acinarium (Linnaeus) C. Agardh  
                      SpeciesSargassum agardhianum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum albermarlense Taylor  
                      SpeciesSargassum bacciferum (Turner) Agardh  
                      SpeciesSargassum bermudense   
                      SpeciesSargassum boryi C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum carpophyllum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum cinctum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum coriifolium J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum crassifolium J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum cristaefolium C. Agardh  
                      SpeciesSargassum cymosum   
                      SpeciesSargassum desvauxii (Mertens) C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum duplicatum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum echinocarpum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum filifolium C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum filipendula C. Agardh  
                      SpeciesSargassum fissifolium (Mertens) C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum flavicans (Mertens) C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen  
                      SpeciesSargassum hystrix   
                      SpeciesSargassum ilicifolium (Turner) C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum linifolium   
                      SpeciesSargassum lophocarpum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum muticum Yendo  
                      SpeciesSargassum myriocystum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum natans (L.) Gaillon  
                      SpeciesSargassum obtusifolium   
                      SpeciesSargassum oligocystum Mont.  
                      SpeciesSargassum palmeri Grun.  
                      SpeciesSargassum piluliferum   
                      SpeciesSargassum polyacanthum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum polyceratium   
                      SpeciesSargassum polycystum C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum polyphyllum   
                      SpeciesSargassum pteropleuron   
                      SpeciesSargassum scabripes J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum spathulaefolium J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum spinuligerum Sonder  
                      SpeciesSargassum stenophyllum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum torvum J. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum turbinarioides Grunow  
                      SpeciesSargassum verruculosum (Mertens) C. Ag.  
                      SpeciesSargassum vulgare   
       

 References
       
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  Source: AlgaeBase, 20-Dec-2004, database (version 2.1)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Guiry, M.D., and E. Nic Dhonncha. 2004. AlgaeBase version 2.1. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org   
  Reference for: Sargassum   
       
  Source: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera: NCU-3e, 20-Dec-04, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/ncu/genera/   
  Reference for: Sargassum   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sargassum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bold, Harold C., and Michael J. Wynne   
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Introduction to the Algae: structure and reproduction, 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): xvi + 720   
  Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-13-477746-8   
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  Reference for: Sargassum   
       

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