Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Fucales > Family Sargassaceae > Genus Sargassum

Sargassum flavifolium Kützing, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sargassum*	C.Agardh, 1820	accepted genus name
*Sargassum (Bactrophycus)*		taxonomically included in
*Sargassum (Sargassum)*		taxonomically included in
*Sargassum acinarium*	(Linnaeus) Setchell, 1933	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum cymosum*	C.Agardh, 1820	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum desfontainesii*	(Turner) C.Agardh, 1820	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum filipendula*	C.Agardh, 1824	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum flavifolium*	Kützing, 1849	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum furcatum*	Kützing, 1843	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum hornschuchii*	C.Agardh, 1820	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum megalophyllum*	Montagne, 1838	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum miyabei*	Yendo, 1907	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum muticum*	(Yendo) Fensholt, 1955	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum natans*	(Linnaeus) Gaillon, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum polycystum*	C.Agardh, 1824	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum ramentaceum*	Zarmouth & Nizamuddin, 1991	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum salicifolium*	Naccari, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum thunbergii*	(Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze, 1880	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum trichocarpum*	J.Agardh, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Sargassum vulgare*	C.Agardh, 1820	taxonomically included in

Literature

original description	Kützing, F. T. (1849). Species algarum. Abbildungen der Tange, pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Sargassum flavifolium Kützing, 1849. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145556