Conferva indica Kützing 1843
Current name:
Chaetomorpha indica (Kützing) Kützing
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)
Publication Details
Conferva indica Kützing 1843: 259
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
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 Chaetomorpha indica (Kützing) Kützing.
Type Information
Type locality: Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, India; (Silva & al. 1996: 764) Type: L; 936, 249...72 (Womersley 1984: 180)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to India (Stearn 1983).
Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024