Conferva diaphana Lightfoot 1777

Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth

Current name: Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth
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Publication Details
Conferva diaphana Lightfoot 1777: 996

Published in: Lightfoot, J. (1777). Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. pp. 545-1151 [1-24], pls 1-35. London: printed for B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street.

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Publication date: October 1777

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 Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth.

Type Information
Type locality: Scotland; (Silva & al. 1996: 395) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 54)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), colourless and nearly or quite transparent, diaphanous (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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