Rhodymenia reniformis (Turner) W.J.Hooker 1833

Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh

Current name: Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh
New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; plant to 60 mm long; collected at low water on rock - 29 March 1993. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Rhodymenia reniformis (Turner) W.J.Hooker 1833: 292

Published in: [Hooker, W.J.] (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 250-259. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

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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 Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh.

Basionym
Fucus reniformis Turner

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Among the rejectamenta of the sea at Niton, Isle of Wight, Miss E. Everett; On the shore at Budleigh [Salterton, Devon] Mrs. Griffiths; Gathered in Cornwall by Mr. Rashleigh."; (Turner 1808-1809: 110) Lectotype: BM-K; Notes: The Budleigh Salterton specimen was chosen by J. Agardh as lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), kidney-shaped (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 August 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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