Conferva refracta Roth, nom. illeg. 1800
Publication Details
Conferva refracta Roth, nom. illeg. 1800: 193
Published in: Roth, A.W. (1800). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus secundus cum tabulis aeneis. IX. pp. [i-x], [i]-258, [1-2, add.], [1-2 index icon.], [1-5, index, 6-7 err., 8 note], IX pls. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio lo. Fr. Gleditschiano.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrocladus battersii (C.Hoek) Boedeker.
Source of Synonymy
Boedeker, C., Leliaert, F. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 52(6): 905-928.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), broken.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Conferva refracta Roth was superfluous when published (Roth 1800: 193) and hence illegitimate because its protologue included the citation of C. hirta Müller in Vahl (1787: 7), a name of uncertain application (Furnari et al., 1999). The next valid use of the binomial Cladophora refracta was probably Kützing (1843), q.v. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
