Conferva tetragona Stackhouse 1796
Current name:
Callithamnion tetragonum (Stackhouse) S.F.Gray
Carreroe, Co. Galway, Ireland; chloroplasts and nuclei in axial cell - 14 April 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Conferva tetragona Stackhouse 1796: 405
Published in: Withering, W. (1796). An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. To which is prefixed, an easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates. The third edition, in four volumes. Vol. IIII [sic]. pp. [i-iii], [i]-418 [p. 418 in some copies err. numbered 420], pls XVII, XVIII, XXXI [sic]. Birmingham & London: Printed for the Author, by M. Swinney; Sold by C.G. & J. Robinson [etc.].
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 Callithamnion tetragonum (Stackhouse) S.F.Gray.
Source of Synonymy
Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.
Type Information
Type locality: "Found by Major Velley and Mr Stackhouse at the Bill of Portland, growing parasitically on the larger Fuci, principally on their stems." [Portland Bill, Dorset, England]; (Withering 1796: 405) Lectotype: Velley & Stackhouse; undated; GL; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 129)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), four-angled (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 October 1998 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 22 November 2024
