Conferva aurea (Linnaeus) Dillwyn 1803

Publication Details
Conferva aurea (Linnaeus) Dillwyn 1803: pl. 35

Published in: Dillwyn, L.W. (1803). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. pls 21-38 (with text). London: W. Phillips.

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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 Trentepohlia aurea (Linnaeus) C.Martius.

Basionym
Byssus aurea Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Wales: Caenarvon; Italy; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Dillenius (1742: pl. 1: fig. 16): OXF; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: LT fide L.M. Irvine in M.A. Spencer et al., 2009: 240 (INA). There is no evidence that this species was seen live by Linnaeus. Byssus aurea is based on “Byssus capillacea pulverulenta..” of Gleditsch (Meth. Fung., p. 18, 1753). The topotype is apparently lost, but there is every reason to suppose that the name is correctly applied to Trentepohlia aurea (Linnaeus) Martius as currently understood (Ross & Irvine, 1967).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), golden.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 October 2022

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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 23 April 2024

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