Conferva flacca Dillwyn 1805

Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret

Current name: Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret
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Publication Details
Conferva flacca Dillwyn 1805: pl. 48 a, b

Published in: Dillwyn, L.W. (1805). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. pls 45-56 (with text). London: W. Phillips.

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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 Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret.

Source of Synonymy
Burrows, E.M. (1991). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. pp. [i]-xi, [1]-238, 60 figs, 9 pls. London: Natural History Museum Publications.

Type Information
Type locality: "...observed in the neighbourhood of Swansea, but is most probably not uncommon elsewhere:..." [Glamorgan, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 49) Lectotype: BM-K; (Lokhorst 1979: 213)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), drooping (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 October 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

 
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