Kallymenia lactuca Rabenhorst, nom. illeg. 1847
Publication Details
Kallymenia lactuca Rabenhorst, nom. illeg. 1847: 149
Published in: Rabenhorst, G.L. (1846 '1847'). Deutschlands Kryptogamen-Flora oder Handbuch zur Bestimmung der kryptogamischen Gewächse Deutschlands, der Schweiz, des Lombardisch-Venetianischen Königreichs und Istriens. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abteilung: Algen. pp. [ii]-xix, [xx, err.], [1]-200, [201]-216, index. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.
Request PDFPublication date: Oct-Nov 1846
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Kallymenia is Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptonemia palmetta (S.G.Gmelin) Woelkering, G.Furnari, Cormaci & McNeill.
Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J., Furnari, G., Cormaci, M. & McNeill, J. (2019). Nomenclatural re-assessments of the typification of Cryptonemia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) and the correct name of its type species
. Notulae Algarum 113: 1-8, no figs.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), lettuce (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 September 2019
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Nomenclatural note
"Intended as a new combination but was superfluous and illegitimate (Art. 52.1). Rabenhorst (1846: 149) cited the superfluous Sphaerococcus lactuca C.Agardh (1822: 231, as 'Ag. spec. I. 231') (see entry above) as a synonym. The type of K. lactuca and of S. lactuca is the same as the type of F. palmetta S.G.Gmelin (1768: 183) (see above and Woelkerling et al. 2019), and because the older epithet palmetta was available for use in Kallymenia in 1846, it should have been adopted by Rabenhorst. Rabenhorst (1846) did not explicitly exclude the type of S. lactuca, or of Fucus palmetta S.G.Gmelin from his account of K. lactuca." (Woelkerling et al. 2019: 6). - (06 September 2019) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025
