Conferva foeniculacea Hudson 1762
Publication Details
Conferva foeniculacea Hudson 1762: 479
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden.
Publication date: Jan-Jun 1762
Type 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 Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus (Hudson) Greville.
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in rupibus maritimis in Mona Insula, Dill." [Anglesey, Wales]; (Hudson 1762: 479) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Athanasiadis 2021: 48, 756): Dillenius (1742, pl. 2: fig. 8), cited by Hudson. However, a physical type is likely to exist at OXF.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling fennel.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 October 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024