Conferva fluviatilis Linnaeus 1753

Current name: Lemanea fluviatilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
Red-cyan anaglyph. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK. - 18 April 2012. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Conferva fluviatilis 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.

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Publication date: 1 May 1753

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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 Lemanea fluviatilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1811). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolph Agardh... & Johannes Bruzelius, Scanus. Die xi decembris mdcccxi. p. ii. h. & l.s. pp. Pars 2: [i], 17-26. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.

Type Information
Type locality: "in Europae rivulis fluviisque pacatioribus"; (Linnaeus 1753: 1165) Lectotype (designated by Irvine in Spencer & al. 2009: 243; see below): OXF; (Spencer & al. 2009: 243) Notes: "Conferva fluviatilis L., Sp. Pl.: 1165. 1753 = Lemanea fluviatilis (L.) C. Agardh: Rhodophyceae - Lectotype (designated here by Irvine): [illustration in] Dillenius, Hist. Muse.: t. 7, f. 47. 1742. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) "Conferva fluviatilis lubrica setosa, Equiseti facie" (Spencer & al. eds 2009: 243). Turner (1804: 108) and Druce & Vines (1907: 190) determined the Herb. Dillenius material as C. fluviatilis and L. fluviatilis respectively. Silva (1952: 262) discussed the Historia Muscorum figure without selecting it as the type; he further (p. 272) commented that there was an authentically named specimen in LINN. The only relevant specimen is Herb. Linn. No. 1277.38 (LINN), but this is annotated only by F. Ehrhart and it is therefore not original material.'

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 October 2022

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Distributional note
Europe: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the UK [and Ireland]. Reported throughout Europe and there are DNA sequence data from numerous countries; however, specimens with this morphology and those with the L. fucina morphology have been shown to be genetically similar such that a revision using both morphological and DNA data is needed. Previous reports of this species from North America should be referred to L. occidentalis (western) and L. borealis (eastern). Records of this species from outside Europe need to be confirmed with DNA sequence data and were not included in the distribution of this species. (Vis & Necchi 2021: 221). - (15 April 2022) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025