The name Sargassum is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820

Botany

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Taxonomy

Species

Sargassum acanthicarpum Ag. 1

Sargassum acinacifolium 1 1

Sargassum acinaciforme 15 11

Sargassum acinaria 11 10

Sargassum acinarium (L.) Setchell 3

Sargassum acinarum 1 1

Sargassum aemulum 6 5

Sargassum affine 14 7

Sargassum agardhianum Farl. 24 23

Sargassum aghardianum 2

Sargassum ammophilum T.Yoshida & T.Konno 1 1

Sargassum angustifolium Ag. 6 6

Sargassum aquifolium 7 4

Sargassum armatum J.Agardh 2 2

Sargassum arnandianum 2 2

Sargassum arnaudianum Mont. 5 1

Sargassum asperifolium 6 4

Sargassum assabiense 6 3

Sargassum assimile 5 4

Sargassum atrofulvum 2 1

Sargassum autumnale Yoshida 3 1

Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh 151 117

Sargassum baccularia 5 3

Sargassum belangeri 1 1

Sargassum berberidifolium 4 3

Sargassum bermudense 6 6

Sargassum bicorne 4 3

Sargassum biforme 7 5

Sargassum binderi 41 26

Sargassum biserrula Ag. 3 3

Sargassum bisserrula 2

Sargassum bisserula Ag. 3 3

Sargassum blanco 1 1

Sargassum boryanum 22 22

Sargassum boryi C.Agardh 1 1

Sargassum botruosum 4 4

Sargassum boveanum 10 7

Sargassum bracteolosum 14 8

Sargassum brandegeei 1 1

Sargassum briderie 1 1

Sargassum calophyllum De Not. 3 3

Sargassum carpophylloides 9 6

Sargassum cinctum 34 21

Sargassum cinereum 7 7

Sargassum colombiense 2 1

Sargassum commutatum 4 2

Sargassum comosum Mont. 3 2

Sargassum compactum Bory 1 1

Sargassum complicatum 1

Sargassum confusum C.Agardh 11 9

Sargassum coreanum 2 1

Sargassum coriifolium J.Agardh 4 4

Sargassum corynecarpum 2 1

Sargassum crassifolium 7 6

Sargassum crinita 1 1

Sargassum crispifolium Yamada 2 1

Sargassum crispum 48 36

Sargassum cristaefolium C.Agardh 26 16

Sargassum cristatum 2 1

Sargassum cristoefolium 15 15

Sargassum cuneifolium 6 3

Sargassum cylindrocystum 8 6

Sargassum cymosum 76 66

Sargassum cystocarpum 5 3

Sargassum cystophyllum 3 3

Sargassum decaisnei 3 2

Sargassum deccurens 3

Sargassum decipiens 7 4

Sargassum decurrens 12 12

Sargassum decurreus 2 2

Sargassum densifolium Zanardini 10 10

Sargassum dentifolium (Turner) Ag. 51 41

Sargassum desfontainesii (Turner) C.Agardh. 37 26

Sargassum desvauxii 5 3

Sargassum deusum 1 1

Sargassum dicipneus 1 1

Sargassum diversifolium 20 17

Sargassum donati 1

Sargassum droserifolium Bory 9 9

Sargassum echinocarpum 5 5

Sargassum elegans 1 1

Sargassum enerve 9 6

Sargassum esperi C.Agardh 53 36

Sargassum fallax 7 4

Sargassum figarei 4 4

Sargassum filicinum Harv. 5 1

Sargassum filiforme 8 8

Sargassum filipendula 59 42

Sargassum fissifolium Ag. 1

Sargassum flavicans C.Agardh 36 22

Sargassum flavifolium Kütz. 20 19

Sargassum fluitans 15 15

Sargassum foliosissimum 8 8

Sargassum fresenianum 4 2

Sargassum fulvellum (Turner) C.Agardh 9 8

Sargassum furcatum 1 1

Sargassum fusiforme (Harv.) Setchell 7 4

Sargassum gaudichaudii 3 2

Sargassum giganteifolium 6 6

Sargassum glandufolium 1

Sargassum glandulifolium 1 1

Sargassum glandulipes 2 1

Sargassum glaucescens 5 4

Sargassum godeffroyi 2 1

Sargassum gracile 16 12

Sargassum granuliferum 21 21

Sargassum hemiphylloides 4 3

Sargassum hemiphyllum (Turner) C.Agardh 43 38

Sargassum henslowianum 34 34

Sargassum henslowii R.K.Greville 1 1

Sargassum herklotsii Setchell 1 1

Sargassum heterocystum Mont. 8 6

Sargassum heteromorphum 4 2

Sargassum heterophyllum 23 21

Sargassum hildebrandtii 10 5

Sargassum hombronianum Mont. 5 3

Sargassum horneri (Turner) C.Agardh 55 42

Sargassum hornschuchii 72 55

Sargassum horridum 2 2

Sargassum hystrix 15 10

Sargassum ilicifolium (Turn.) Ag. 64

Sargassum incanum Grunow 1 1

Sargassum incisifolium Turn. 22 17

Sargassum indicus 1 1

Sargassum insulare Setch. & N.L.Gardner 1 1

Sargassum integriusculum 4 2

Sargassum isophyllum 2 1

Sargassum ivani 1

Sargassum japonicum 1

Sargassum johnstonii 1 1

Sargassum kushimotoense 1 1

Sargassum lacerifolium 2 1

Sargassum lanceolatum 4 3

Sargassum lapazeanum 1 1

Sargassum latifolium (Turner) Ag. 50 40

Sargassum lendigerum (L.) C.Agardh 99 67

Sargassum leptopodioides 2 1

Sargassum leptopodum 1 1

Sargassum liebmannii 1 1

Sargassum linearifolium 1 1

Sargassum linifolium Ag. 166 130

Sargassum longifolium 42 14

Sargassum lophocarpum 2 1

Sargassum macclurei 2 2

Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh 6 1

Sargassum mazei 2 1

Sargassum mc. clurei 7

Sargassum megalophyllum Mont. 17 12

Sargassum merrifieldii 1 1

Sargassum micracanthum (Kütz.) Endlicher 7 3

Sargassum microceratium (Turner) C.Agardh 3 1

Sargassum microceratum 2 2

Sargassum microcystum 21 14

Sargassum microphyllum 3 2

Sargassum miliaceum 1

Sargassum montagnei 18 18

Sargassum multiporum 2 2

Sargassum muriculatum 1 1

Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt 18 13

Sargassum myriocystum Ag. 3 3

Sargassum natans (L.) Gaillon 43 41

Sargassum natunens 1 1

Sargassum natunense 6 3

Sargassum neglectum 4 3

Sargassum neurophorum 2 1

Sargassum nigrescens Zanardini 1 1

Sargassum nigrifolium Yendo 9 7

Sargassum nipponicum 1 1

Sargassum notarisii 2 2

Sargassum nova-caledonicum 2 1

Sargassum obovatum 27 24

Sargassum obtusifolium Ag. 2 2

Sargassum okamurae T.Yoshida & Konno 2 1

Sargassum oligocystum Mont. 2 1

Sargassum oocyste J.Agardh 32 24

Sargassum opacum 6 3

Sargassum pacificum 5 3

Sargassum palmeri 6 6

Sargassum paradoxum 20 13

Sargassum parviflorum 1 1

Sargassum parvifolium 22 15

Sargassum patens C.Agardh 32 22

Sargassum peronii 6 3

Sargassum perrottetii 17 17

Sargassum persicum 1 1

Sargassum piluliferum (Turner) C.Agardh 23 14

Sargassum pinnatifidum 2 1

Sargassum plagiophyllum C.Agardh 1 1

Sargassum planicaule 2 1

Sargassum platycagum 4 4

Sargassum platycarpum Mont. 91 71

Sargassum plumosum Rich. 5 5

Sargassum polyacanthum 3 2

Sargassum polycarpum 4 2

Sargassum polyceratium Mont. 32 30

Sargassum polyceratum 18 18

Sargassum polycystium 1 1

Sargassum polycystum 75 62

Sargassum polyphyllum 7 4

Sargassum polyporum Mont. 1 1

Sargassum portierianum 4 2

Sargassum prismaticum Chauhan 1 1

Sargassum prismatocarpum 1

Sargassum pseudoparadoxum 2 1

Sargassum pteropleuron 17 12

Sargassum pyriforme 1 1

Sargassum racemosum 1 1

Sargassum ramifolium 2 2

Sargassum raoulii 14 10

Sargassum reinii 2 1

Sargassum rigidulum 6 6

Sargassum ringgoldianum Harv. 6 3

Sargassum ringoldianum 5 5

Sargassum robillardii 10 5

Sargassum robustum 2 1

Sargassum rodgersianum 2 1

Sargassum rueppelii Ag. 1

Sargassum sagamianum 6 6

Sargassum salicifolicium 10 10

Sargassum salicifolium (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 31 26

Sargassum scabripes 2 1

Sargassum scoparium 2 1

Sargassum scopula 11 8

Sargassum segii T.Yoshida 1 1

Sargassum serratifolium (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 23 18

Sargassum serratum Nguyen Huu Dai 1 1

Sargassum siliquastrum (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh 9 6

Sargassum siliquatrum 3 3

Sargassum siliquosum 16 14

Sargassum simulans 2 1

Sargassum sinclairii 34 22

Sargassum sinelairii 1 1

Sargassum sinicola 4 4

Sargassum sisymbrioides Ag. 1 1

Sargassum sociale (Grunow) Setchell 1 1

Sargassum sonderi 27 16

Sargassum sp. 361 328

Sargassum spathulaefolium 11 10

Sargassum spathuloefolium 4 4

Sargassum spinifer 5 5

Sargassum spinifex 7 3

Sargassum spinuligerum 39 25

Sargassum spinulosum 21 11

Sargassum subfalcatum Sond. 2 2

Sargassum subrepandum 53 53

Sargassum subrepaudum 10

Sargassum swartzii 1 1

Sargassum telephifolium Ag. 1

Sargassum telephiifolium 3 3

Sargassum tenerrimum 14 14

Sargassum tenue 6 5

Sargassum tenuissimum 4 3

Sargassum terlephiifolium 2

Sargassum thumbergii 1 1

Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) O.Kuntze 13 10

Sargassum tortile 13 9

Sargassum trichocarpum 13 13

Sargassum trichophyllum 2 1

Sargassum tristichum 18 10

Sargassum turbinarioides 4 2

Sargassum turbinatum Ag. 1 1

Sargassum turneri Kütz. 3

Sargassum undulatum 9 5

Sargassum vachellianum Grev. 3 3

Sargassum varians 10 10

Sargassum vayserianum Mont. 1

Sargassum vaysierianum Mont. 4 4

Sargassum vayssierianum 11 10

Sargassum ventifolium 2 2

Sargassum verrucosum 1 1

Sargassum verruculosum 4 4

Sargassum vestitum Ag. 10 7

Sargassum vile 2 1

Sargassum virgatum 2 2

Sargassum vulgare C.Agardh 276 199

Sargassum wightii 15 9

Sargassum yamadae Yoshida & Konno T. 3 2

Sargassum yamamotoi Yoshida 2 1

Sargassum yemense 3 3

Sargassum yendai 1 1

Sargassum yendoi Okamura & Yamada 3

Sargassum yezoense (Yamada) Yoshida & Konno T. 4 2

Sargassum zollingeri 1 1

3792 Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Cryptogams (PC)	3764
Herbarium of harmas de J. H. Fabre (FABR)	7
University of Limoges (LIMO)	2
Vascular plants (P)	19

Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820

Zoology

Taxonomy

Species

Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) C.Agardh 1 1

Sargassum hornschuchii C. Agardh 1 1

Sargassum linifolium C. Agardh 2 2

Sargassum salicifolium (Bertol.) J. Agardh 1 1

Sargassum sonderi (J. Agardh) J. Agardh 1 1

Sargassum vulgare C.Agardh 1 1

Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Marine Laboratory of Concarneau (CO)	7