Conferva brachiata J.E.Smith 1814
Publication Details
Conferva brachiata J.E.Smith 1814: pl. 2571
Published in: Smith, J.E. (1813-1814). 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. XXXVI [36], pls 2521-2592. London: printed for the author by J. Davis,....
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 Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman.
Type Information
Type locality: "Found by Mr [W.J.] Hooker in salt marshes at Cley, Norfolk [England] in April 1808, growing amongst Ulva compressa"; (Smith 1813-1814: pl. 2571)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), branched at right angles.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 November 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
