Sargassum filipendula
C. Agardh,
1824 (Algae)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Image copyrights: Peter Wirtz
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Chromista |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
Image copyrights: Peter Wirtz
Description
Plants 3-6(-10) dm long, erect from a conical, spreading, lobed holdfast, the main axes smooth, usually sparsely forked, the principal branches dominant, with the branchlets producing long pyramidal forms; branchlets bearing alternate stalked leaves 5-8 mm wide, 3-8 cm long which are thin, linear-lanceolate, simple or on the lower portions of the plant, not infrequently forked, serrate with a clearly marked midrib and numerous scattered cryptostomata, which may also appear on the stem. Axillary vesicles spherical at maturity, 3-5 mm diameter, stalked, the slender stalks about 5 mm long. Receptacles simple, forked or sparsely racemosely branching, axillary in the upper parts of the plant, the raceme 0.3-0.5 as long as the subtending leaf, which may be considerably smaller than in the vegetative part of the plant.
Plants 3-6(-10) dm long, erect from a conical, spreading, lobed holdfast, the main axes smooth, usually sparsely forked, the principal branches dominant, with the branchlets producing long pyramidal forms; branchlets bearing alternate stalked leaves 5-8 mm wide, 3-8 cm long which are thin, linear-lanceolate, simple or on the lower portions of the plant, not infrequently forked, serrate with a clearly marked midrib and numerous scattered cryptostomata, which may also appear on the stem. Axillary vesicles spherical at maturity, 3-5 mm diameter, stalked, the slender stalks about 5 mm long. Receptacles simple, forked or sparsely racemosely branching, axillary in the upper parts of the plant, the raceme 0.3-0.5 as long as the subtending leaf, which may be considerably smaller than in the vegetative part of the plant.
Synonym (s)
• Sargassum filipendula f. subcirerea Grunow, 1916
(Heterotypic synonym)
• Sargassum montagnei Bailey, 1852
• Sargassum filipendula f. subcirerea Grunow, 1916
(Heterotypic synonym)
• Sargassum montagnei Bailey, 1852
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Goa, Baga INDIA
• Goa, Baga INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- DigiMus2.0 – The Software for Digital Museum of Seaweed Specimen Records Available at - http://www.niobioinformatics.org/digimus.php
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- (2006) Algaebase Available at - http://www.algaebase.org/
- Taylor, WR (1972) Marine algae of the eastern tropical and subtropical coasts of the Americas University of Michigan Press 870 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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