Conferva canalicularis Linnaeus 1753

Publication Details
Conferva canalicularis Linnaeus 1753: 1164

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

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 Vaucheria canalicularis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen.

Source of Synonymy
Christensen, T. (1968). Vaucheria types in the Dillenian herbaria. British Phycological Bulletin 3: 463-469.

Type Information
Lectotype: OXF; (Hoek 1963: 223) Notes: Material of Conferva rivulorum capillacea, densissime congestis ramulis Dillenius at OXF has been selected as the lectotype by van den Hoek (1963: 223). The author considered that it represented a sterile Vaucheria.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2022

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