Palmella elminthoides (Withering) S.F.Gray 1821
Current name:
Nemalion elminthoides (Velley) Batters
Skilly, Cornwall, EnglandDavid Fenwick
Publication Details
Palmella elminthoides (Withering) S.F.Gray 1821: 348
Published in: Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Nov. 1821
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Palmella is Palmella hyalina Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nemalion elminthoides (Velley) Batters.
Source of Synonymy
Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.
Basionym
Fucus elminthoides Velley
Type Information
Type locality: "Grows in abundance upon the rocks off the Beal, at the extremity of Portland [Dorset, England], at very low water. June. July. ... Major Velley."; (Withering 1792: 255) Lectotype: LIV; (Womersley 1994: 81) Notes: Batters (1902: 59) "e spec. auth. in Herb. Kew.", which could be considered a lectotypification so that the lectotype would be a specimen in BM-K.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 December 2024
