Conferva stictica Smith 1813
Publication Details
Conferva stictica Smith 1813: 35, pl. 2463
Published in: Smith, J.E. (1813). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F.L.S. Vol. XXXV [35], pls. 2449-2520. London.
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 Sirogonium sticticum (Smith) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Type Information
Type locality: Ditches in Henfield Level, Sussex, England; (Smith 1813: pl. 2463)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 31 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 10 February 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
