Molecular-assisted taxonomic study on the Sargassum C. Agardh (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in northwestern Luzon, Philippines
Santiañez, Wilfred John E.
Lastimoso, John Michael L.
Hoshino, Masakazu
Villafuerte, Brix Nester Q.
Kogame, Kazuhiro
Gavino C. Trono, Jr
Cryptogamie, Algologie
2023
2023-10-18
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7PYQ2
C. AGARDH IN
C. AGARDH IN
[648,893,216,242]
Phaeophyceae
Sargassaceae
Sargassum
Chromista
Fucales
11
136
Ochrophyta
genus
1. Thallus typically with stoloniferous holdfasts; branches terete, usually with numerous branched protuberances; vesicles small, numerous, spherical to ovoid ................................................... Sargassum polycystumC.Agardh — Thallus without stoloniferous holdfasts; branches smooth, terete, slightly compressed, to compressed; vesicles large, globose to obovoid, ribbed, sometimes mucronated ........................................................................... 2 2. Branches smooth and compressed; blades linear-lanceolate to linear oblanceolate, distinctly serrate-dentate; vesicles large, ovoid to obovoid, to 7 mmlong ............................... Sargassum aquifolium(Turner) C.Agardh — Branches smooth, terete to slightly compressed; blades highly variable in shape, margins serrate to biserrate, ‘duplicated’ especially towards the apices, duplication sometimes appearing turbinarioid; vesicles globose, to 5.4 mmin diameter ......................................................................... Sargassum ilicifolium(Turner) C.Agardh