Conferva glaucescens A.W.Griffiths ex Harvey 1841
Publication Details
Conferva glaucescens A.W.Griffiths ex Harvey 1841: 139
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1841). A manual of the British algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of the known British species of sea-weeds and of Confervae both marine and fresh-water. pp. [i-v]-lvii, [1]-229. London: John Van Voorst.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Type Information
Isotype: L; Wyatt, Alg. Danm., n. 195 (Hoek 1963: 77) Notes: Van den Hoek (1963: 77) notes one plant belongs to Cl. sericea, the other one to Cl. albida.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), glaucescens, becoming glaucous (Stearn 1983).
Created: 29 April 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 22 July 2015
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Nomenclatural note
The original description (Harvey 1841: 139) cited a number of syntype localities: Torquay, Devon; Mangan's Bay, Co, Waterford; Portarnock, Co. Dublin; and Coast of [Co.] Down. Harvey also cited Algae Danmonensis No. 195. The type could be slected from any of these. van den Hoek (1963: 77, 94) examined an "isotype" of Algae danomiensis no. 195 in L and found that "...one plant belongs to Cl. sericea, the other one to Cl. albida. By including C. glaucescens in synonymy of C. sericea, Hoek was effecitively lectotypifying C. glucescens with the C. sericea specimen in L. As the "first reviser" Hoek must be followed. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025
