Conferva ocellata Dillwyn, nom. inval. 1809

Publication Details
Conferva ocellata Dillwyn, nom. inval. 1809: 60, suppl. pl. D

Published in: Dillwyn, L.W. (1809). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. 1-87, 1-6 (Index and Errata), pls. 69, 100-109, A-G (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 Scytonema ocellatum Lyngbye ex Bornet & Flahault.

Type Information
Town Hill Common, near Southampton; (Index Nominum Algarum)Joseph Woods; bog; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), marked with two-coloured spots, having the centre of one colour surrounded by a broad ring of another (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 January 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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