Conferva borreri Smith 1807
Publication Details
Conferva borreri Smith 1807: pl. 1741
Published in: Smith, J.E. (1807). 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. XXV [25]. London: printed for the author by J. Davis.
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 Pleonosporium borreri (Smith) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
Type Information
Type locality: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 419) Lectotype: Borrer; 9.x.1806; TCD; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 168)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 January 2024
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
