Halymenia monardiana Montagne 1838
Publication Details
Halymenia monardiana Montagne 1838: 275, no fig.
Published in: Montagne, C. (1838). Cryptogames algériennes, ou plantes cellulaires recueillies par M. Roussel aux environs d'Alger, et publiées Par le Docteur Camille Montagne. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 2 10: 268-279. [in French]
Publication date: November
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halymenia is Halymenia floresii (Clemente) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sebdenia monardiana (Montagne) Berthold.
Source of Synonymy
Berthold, G. (1882). Über die Vertheilung der Algen im Golf von Neapel nebst einem Verzeichnis der bisher daselbst beobachteten Arten. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapal 3: 393-536, 3 pls.
Type Information
Type locality: Ad oras Africae borealis prope Juliam Caesaream hanc al gemini fratres DD. Monard, postea cl. Rousell rejectam legerunt [Collected on the shores of North Africa by the twin brothers Monard and afterwards they learnt that it had been rejected by Roussel];
Eponomy
Monard brothers [Charles (1795-1854) and Pascal (1795-1874), both of whom were military surgeons]
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 August 2021
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Nomenclatural note
"Based on Halymenia mesenteriformis Monard, ined. Named for "MM. Monard, médecins de l'armée d'Afrique". In Flore d'Algérie, 1847 (e.g. p. 115) Montagne (or the printer) altered without explanation the spelling of the epithet from "Monardiana" to "Monnardiana" and used the spelling "Monnard" to refer to the collector[s] of numerous species of algae in Algeria and Spain. In the sections on lichens and fungi, Montagne retained the spelling "Monard". Dufour (Annales des sciences naturelles 23: 155. 1831) used the spelling "Monard" in the protologue for Serratula monardi, writing "... par MM. Monard, deux frères jumeaux, médecins militaires qui joignent à des connaissances positives en botanique un zèle dans les recherches, une générosité dans les communications qui sont peu communes. Ils explorent en ce moment les montagnes d'Alger." Four other taxa (cf. IPNI) were also named for the brothers, all using the spelling "Monard" in the epithet. Military and medical publications spell the name "Monard". Necrology: Bull. Hist. Nat. Metz 14: 155-170. 1876." [INA]. However, the correct epithet in that event is "monardiorum". - (22 July 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2025
