Halymenia patens J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Halymenia patens J.Agardh 1851: 205
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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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 Kallymenia patens (J.Agardh) Codomier ex P.G.Parkinson.
Source of Synonymy
Parkinson, P.G. (1980). Halymenia, being a critical account of the confused nomenclature of Halymenia C.A. Agardh 1817 (Halymeniaceae, Cryptonemiales, Rhodophyta) with reflections on the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and corrections to certain recent work in which it has been disregarded. pp. 1-20. Auckland: Pettifogging Press.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Marseille, France; (Rodriguez-Prieto & Hommersand 2009: 145) Lectotype: Antoine J.J. Solier; Agardh Herbarium, LD; 22416 (Rodriguez-Prieto & Hommersand 2009: 145)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), spreading, outspread, diverging from the axis at almost 90 degrees (Stearn 1983).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 February 2010
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 February 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
