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Description: |
Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
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| Uses and compounds |
Use as food - manufacture of 'artificial' foods Direct use as food - consumed whole Source of hydrocolloids - source of alginate |
| References |
Mattio, L. & Payri, C.E. (2009). Taxonomic revision of Sargassum species (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from New Caledonia based on morphological and molecular analyses. Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1374-1388. Mattio, L., Payri, C.E. & Verlaque, M. (2009). Taxonomic revision and geographic distribution of the subgenus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in the western and central Pacific islands based on morphological and molecular analyses. Journal of Phycology 45(5): 1213-1227. |
| Common names: |
Hawaiian: Limu kala (Chapman & Chapman 1980), Limu-Kala (Arasaki & Arasaki 1983), Limu Honu, Holly Limu, Kala-launui, Kala-lauli'i (Abbott 1984). (as Sargassum binderi Sonder ex J.Agardh)
Arabic: Qunbar al-ma (F.A.O. 1997). English: Binder’s sargassum weed (F.A.O. 1997). |
| Type information: |
Basionym
Fucus aquifolius Turner Type information
Type locality: Sunda Strait, Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 658). Lectotype: Watts; BM 563434 (Matteo et al. 2010: 902). |
