SARGASSACEAE, Kutzing, 1843

Coppejans, Eric, Leliaert, Frederik, Verbruggen, Heroen, de Clerck, Olivier, Schils, Tom, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 2959-3020 : 3007

SARGASSACEAE Sargassum C. Agardh

Key to the species from Rodrigues

1 Leaves with a double series of teeth at the apical part (duplicated margin); all axes smooth................... S. cristaefolium

– Leaves without duplicated margin at the apex; axes and aerocysts muricate S. polycystum