Cryptonemia lactuca J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1842
Publication Details
Cryptonemia lactuca J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1842: 100
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. pp. [i]-x, 1-164. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Fortin, Masson et Cie.
Publication date: 9 April 1842
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptonemia.
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: 15 November 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 September 2019
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Nomenclatural note
"In using the abbreviation 'nob.' (see ICN Rec. 46D & Turland 2019: 167), J. Agardh was authoring a new name ascribed to himself but validated (Art. 38.13, 38.14) by reference to the description of "Sph. lactuca Ag. sp. p. 231" (C.Agardh 1822: 231). Because Sphaerococcus lactuca is illegitimate (see separate entry above), J. Agardh (1842) in effect re-used the specific epithet lactuca in a different name, thus creating a replacement name with the same type as S. lactuca (Art. 58.1). Cryptonemia lactuca J.Agardh, however, also is illegitimate (Art. 58, Note 1) because the type of S. lactuca, which is the same as the type of Fucus palmetta S.G.Gmelin (see Woelkerling et al. 2019), was not explicitly excluded by J. Agardh (1842)." (Woelkerling et al. (2019: 5). - (28 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 February 2025