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iNat·134103SpeciesChromista6,848 field observations
  1. kelp, diatoms, and allies
  2. ›Ochrophyta
  3. ›brown algae
  4. ›Fucophycidae
  5. ›Fucoids
  6. ›Sargassum and Allies
  7. ›Sargassum
Broad-leaved gulfweed
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Broad-leaved gulfweed

Sargassum fluitans

Sargassum fluitans is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae, first described by Danish botanist Frederik Børgesen in 1914. In English, it is sometimes referred to as broad-leaved gulfweed.

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