Conferva atrorubescens Dillwyn 1806
Publication Details
Conferva atrorubescens Dillwyn 1806: pl. 70 A-C (as 'atro-rubrescens')
Published in: Dillwyn, L.W. (1806). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. pls 57-68, 70-81 (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 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: [No specific locality; probably Wales]; (Dillwyn 1806: pl. 70)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
