Conferva nigra Hudson 1762
Current name:
Vertebrata nigra (Hudson) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Polysiphonia nigra, lower intertidal with Rhodothamniella floridula, Ría de Muros, Galicia, Spain, 2011, Ignacio Bárbara"
Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Conferva nigra Hudson 1762: 481
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.
Request PDFPublication 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 Vertebrata nigra (Hudson) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Marsden, Durham; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 349) Neotype: P. Edwards; 12.vi.1971; BM; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 349)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 May 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
