Conferva bursata O.F.Müller 1788
Current name:
Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh
View from above reproductive structures. In a flooded field. Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire, UK. - 15 February 2013. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Conferva bursata O.F.Müller 1788: 96, pl. 2: fig. 10
Published in: Müller, O.F. (1788). De Confervis palustribus oculo nudo invisibilibus. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 3: 89-98, Plates 1, 2.
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 Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1811). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolph Agardh... & Johannes Bruzelius, Scanus. Die xi decembris mdcccxi. p. ii. h. & l.s. pp. Pars 2: [i], 17-26. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.
Type Information
Type locality: Bad Meinberg, southwest of Hannover, Germany; (Christensen 1973: 513) Notes: Type locality is given as Geneva, Swittzerland by Schneider et al. (1999).
Created: 08 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 April 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025