Conferva comoides Dillwyn 1803
Publication Details
Conferva comoides Dillwyn 1803: pl. 27
Published in: Dillwyn, L.W. (1803). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. pls 21-38 (with text). London: W. Phillips.
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 Parlibellus berkeleyi (Kützing) E.J.Cox.
Source of Synonymy
Witkowski, A., Lange-Bertalot, H. & Metzeltin, D. (2000). Diatom flora of marine coasts I. Iconographia Diatomologica 7: 1-925, incl. 219 pls with 4504 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: "On several of the marine algae and rocks in the sea at Swansea." [Swansea, Wales].; (Dillwyn 1803: pl. 27)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 October 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Cox (1978) showed that this taxon is conspecific with Amphipleura rutilans (Trentepohl ex Roth) Cleve [= Conferva rutilans Trentepohl ex Roth 1806], now Berkeleya rutilans (Trentepohl ex Roth) Grunow. She suggested that the name Conferva rutilans should be conserved against C. comoides since this last name has been "widely and persistently used" for a taxon not including its type, according Art. 69 of the ICBN (Stafleu et al., 1978) [now Art. 57 of McNeill et al. (2006)]. However, this proposal seems not to have been made formally to date (August 2017). - (07 September 2011)
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2025
