Conferva caerulescens Borrer ex J.E.Smith 1813
Publication Details
Conferva caerulescens Borrer ex J.E.Smith 1813: 35; pl. 2457
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 Mougeotia capucina C.Agardh.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), becoming sky-blue (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
