Conferva cornea var. verticillata (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847
Publication Details
Conferva cornea var. verticillata (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847: 114
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 Acrocladus echinus (Biasoletto) 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.
Basionym
Aegagropila cornea var. verticillata Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Venice; (Hoek 1963: 48) Type: L; 937/278/393 (Hoek 1963: 48)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 20 January 2017
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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 30 September 2024
