Phyllophora lactuca Greville, nom. illeg. 1830
Publication Details
Phyllophora lactuca Greville, nom. illeg. 1830: lvi (as 'Phyllophora ? Lactuca')
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.
Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllophora is Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville.
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: 24 April 2025
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Nomenclatural note
See Woelkerling et al. (2019: 5): "Intended as a new combination but superfluous and illegitimate (Art. 52.1). Greville (1830: lvi) cited the superfluous Sphaerococcus lactuca C.Agardh (1822: 231, as Ag. p. 211) (see entry above) and the legitimate Fucus palmetta S.G.Gmelin (1768: 183, pl. XXII, fig. 3, pl. XXIII) (as 'Gmel. t. 22, 2') (see entry above) as synonyms. The type of P. lactuca and of S. lactuca is the same as the type of F. palmetta (Woelkerling et al. 2019), and because the older epithet palmetta was available for use in Phyllophora in 1830, it should have been adopted." - (06 September 2019) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025