Conferva reticulata Linnaeus 1753
Current name:
Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; water garden - 13 July 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Conferva reticulata Linnaeus 1753: 1165
Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
Publication date: 1 May 1753
Original description: 
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 Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory.
Source of Synonymy
Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1824). Filet à résaux. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 6, pp. 506. Paris: Rey et Gravier; Baudouin Frères.
Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Europae fluviis ad eorum littora [Europe] ; (Linnaeus 1753: 1165) Lectotype Voucher: OXF; (Spencer & al. 2009: 244) Notes: Cites Conferva reticulata Dillenius, a pre-Linnaean name; the illustration in Dillenius, Historia muscorum., t. 4, f. 14 (1742) is designated as lectotype by L.M. Irvine in Spencer, Irvine & Jarvis (2009: 244) of which there is a voucher in OXF "Conferva reticulata".
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), reticulate, netted, marked with a network (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 December 2024
