Rhodymenia lambertii (Turner) Greville 1830

Current name: Callophyllis lambertii (Turner) Kützing
Butts Reef, Huon River, Tasmania, Australia; 12 m - 14 December 2008. Francis Bunker (fbunker@marineseen.com)

Publication Details
Rhodymenia lambertii (Turner) Greville 1830: xlviii (as 'Rhodomenia')

Published in: 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]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia is Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophyllis lambertii (Turner) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

Basionym
Fucus lambertii Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "Coast of New Holland", Australia; (Womersley 1994: 256) Type: King; (Womersley 1994: 256) Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 256) the type could not be located in K or BM. He notes that Turner's original figure is fairly typical of the species.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Also proposed by Hooker f. & Harvey, according to Womersley, as Rhodymenia (Callophyllis) lambertii (Turner) Greville ex Hooker (Womersley 1994: 255). - (29 March 2023) - E.A. Molinari Novoa

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025