Conferva thuioides Smith 1810

Publication Details
Conferva thuioides Smith 1810: pl. 2205 (as 'thuioides')

Published in: Smith, J.E. (1810-1811). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F. L. S.. Vol. XXXI [31] pp. [1, 3, 5, indexes], pls. 2161-2232. London: printed by R. Taylor and Co., Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street; and sold by the proprietor, J. Sowerby, at No. 2, Mead Place, Lambth; by Messrs. White and Co., Fleet-Street; Johnson, St. Paul's Church yard; Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, [...].

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 Compsothamnion thuioides (Smith) F.Schmitz.

Source of Synonymy
Schmitz, F. (1889). Systematische Übersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen der Florideen. Flora oder Allgemeine botanische Zeitung 72: 435-456, pl. XXI.

Type Information
Type locality: "Mr. W. Borrer, to whom we are obliged for this Conferva, has found it on Yarmouth [Norfolk, England] beach, several different years, in September and October."; (Smith 1809-1810: pl. 2205) Lectotype: LINN; herb. Smith 1719.36 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 164) Notes: The LINN specimen is Undated and unlocalised.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 February 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024

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