Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville

Publication details
Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville 1830: xlviii, 88

Original publication: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva

Basionym
Membranifolia palmetta Stackhouse

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville)
Ireland: Antrim (Blackler & McMillan 1953), Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978), Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912), Italy (Giaccone 1969), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971).

Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Levring 1974).

South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930 , Joly 1957), Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945).

Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949).

Nomenclatural notes
Taylor (1945) cites this species as Rhodymenia Palmetta (Esper) Greville.

SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.

Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 23 December 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 473 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Holmes, E.M. (1883). Rhodymenia palmetta, var nicaeensis. J. Bot. 21: 289-290.