Sargassum cinereum J. Agardh [var.? thunbergii] forma berberifolioides Grunow, 1915 [1915–1916]: 378–379 (type locality: Natuna Islands, Indonesia).—K. Srinivasan, 1967: 137, fig. 46.
Sargassum cinereum J. Agardh var. berberifolium Børgesen, 1933a: 13, figs. 7a,b, pl. 3 (`berberifolia').—S. Dixit, 1940a: 95.— S. Dixit, 1941: 127.— Biswas & Sharma, 1950: 87.— Krishna Pillai, 1957c: 70.— E. Lewis & Gonzalves, 1960a: 110, table 4.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 42.— Kappanna, A. Rao, & Mody, 1962: 464.— Kappanna & Sitakara Rao, 1962: 559.— Sitakara Rao & Tipnis, 1964: 17.— S. Dixit, 1966: 10.— Misra, 1966b: 175–176, fig. 93.— Sitakara Rao & Tipnis, 1967: 279, 281, 283, 285–286.— Gopalakrishnan, 1970: 64.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 14.— Islam, 1974b: 87.— K. Pillay, 1977a: 53.— Thivy, 1982: 55.— Chennubhotla, Kaliaperumal, & Kalimuthu, 1987a: 104–105.— Kesava Rao & Untawale, 1991: 100.— Kaliaperumal & Kalimuthu, 1993: 9, 11.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.
Note: When elevating Grunow's forma to the rank of variety, Børgesen unnecessarily changed the epithet. This change is legitimate, however, since, in accordance with Art. 11.2, a name does not have priority outside the rank in which it is published.