Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville 1830
Publication details
Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville 1830: xlviii, 88
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*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva
Basionym
Membranifolia palmetta Stackhouse
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
Taylor (1945) cites this species as Rhodymenia Palmetta (Esper) Greville.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville)
Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Levring 1974).
Europe: Adriatic Sea (Giaccone 1978), Britain (Newton 1931), Channel Islands (Lyle 1920), Ireland (Adams 1908, Cotton 1912), Italy (Giaccone 1969), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934).
South America: Argentina (Pujals 1963), Brazil (Taylor 1930 
, Joly 1957), Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945).
Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949).
Middle East: Turkey (Güven & Öztig 1971).
Key references
Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1-178, 36 figs.
Zinova, A.D. (1967). Opredelitel zelenikh, burikh i krasnich odoroslei juzhnikh morei SSSR [Guide to the green, brown and red algae of the southern seas of USSR]. pp. 1-398. Moscow, Leningrad: Academia Nauk. [in Russian]
Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 24 July 2015 by M.D. Guiry
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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.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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