Biology:Sargassum pallidum

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Short description: Species of seaweed

Sargassum pallidum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Sargassum
Species:
S. pallidum
Binomial name
Sargassum pallidum
(Turner) C.Agardh, 1820
Synonyms
  • Fucus pallidus Turner, 1808
  • Halochloa pallida (Turner) Kützing, 1849

Sargassum pallidum is a species of seaweed native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the subgenus Bactrophycus, section Teretia of the genus Sargassum.[1] Along with Sargassum fusiforme, S. pallidum is often dried and processed into a traditional Chinese medicine known as Hai Zao or Herba Sargassi.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7423902 entry