Conferva longissima (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847

Publication Details
Conferva longissima (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847: 108

Published in: Rabenhorst, G.L. (1846 '1847'). Deutschlands Kryptogamen-Flora oder Handbuch zur Bestimmung der kryptogamischen Gewächse Deutschlands, der Schweiz, des Lombardisch-Venetianischen Königreichs und Istriens. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abteilung: Algen. pp. [ii]-xix, [xx, err.], [1]-200, [201]-216, index. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.

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Publication date: Oct-Nov 1846

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 Cladophora glomerata var. crassior (C.Agardh) C.Hoek.

Source of Synonymy
Hoek, C. van den (1963). Revision of the European species of Cladophora. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-248, 1 fig., 18 maps, + 55 pls. Leiden: E.J. Brill.

Basionym
Cladophora longissima Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Nordhausen (Thüringen, Germany); (Hoek 1963: 180) Type: slowly rumming steam; L,; 937/278/221 (Hoek 1963: 180)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very long (Stearn 1983).

Created: 09 June 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 30 March 2025

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025