Rhodymenia montagneana Hooker f. & Harvey 1845

Current name: Sarcodia montagneana (Hooker f. & Harvey) J.Agardh
Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r

Publication Details
Rhodymenia montagneana Hooker f. & Harvey 1845: 544-545 ('Rhodomenia')

Published in: Hooker, [J.D.] & Harvey, W.H. (1845). Algae Novae Zelandiae; being a catalogue of all of the species of algae yet recorded as inhabiting the shores of New Zealand, with characters and brief descriptions of the new species discovered during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror" and of others communicated to Sir W. Hooker by Dr. Sinclair, the Rev. Colenso, and M. Raoul. London Journal of Botany 4: 521-551.

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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 Sarcodia montagneana (Hooker f. & Harvey) J.Agardh.

Type Information
Type locality: Bay of Islands, New Zealand; (Silva & al. 1996: 320) Lectotype (cystocarpic specimen): David Lyall; September (Antarctic Expedition of the Erebus and Terror 1839-1843); BM; BM001032008 (Rodriguez-Prieto et al. 2011: 156, fig. 2) Notes: Lectotype designated by Rodriguez-Prieto et al. (2011). Syntypes:TCD0012148;TCD0012150; BM000044273; BM000044274; BM001032007; BM000044272; BM001032001; BM00103200; BM00004271; BM001032006; BM001032005.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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