Conferva flexuosa Roth, nom. illeg. 1800

Publication Details
Conferva flexuosa Roth, nom. illeg. 1800: 188

Published in: Roth, A.W. (1800). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus secundus cum tabulis aeneis. IX. pp. [i-x], [i]-258, [1-2, add.], [1-2 index icon.], [1-5, index, 6-7 err., 8 note], IX pls. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio lo. Fr. Gleditschiano.

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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 Ulva flexuosa Wulfen.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

Type Information
Type locality: Duino, near Trieste, Italy; (Silva & al. 1996: 731) Type: W; Wulfen No. 23 (Womersley 1984: 157)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), zigzag, bent alternately in opposite directions (Stearn 1983).

Created: 19 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 January 2014

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Nomenclatural note
Illeglitimate: priority for Conferva flexuosa O.F. Müller, 1782. - (29 August 2007) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025

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