Rhodymenia fimbriata Greville 1830

Current name: Calliblepharis fimbriata (Greville) Kützing
Cannon Rocks, Eastern Cape, South Africa. - 09 December 2011. Robert Anderson (anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za)

Publication Details
Rhodymenia fimbriata Greville 1830: xlviii

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 Calliblepharis fimbriata (Greville) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fringed.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Although Greville cites Sphaerococcus fimbriatus C.Agardh, 1822 as the basionym, this is an illegitimate name, and Rhodymenia fimbriata is thus treated as a new name. - (15 January 2011) - M.D. Guiry

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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 09 June 2025