Conferva flaccida Dillwyn 1809
Current name:
Elachista flaccida (Dillwyn) Fries
Elachista flaccida over Cystoseira baccata, Ría de A. Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio Bárbara"
Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Conferva flaccida Dillwyn 1809: 53, pl. C
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.
Request PDFType 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 Elachista flaccida (Dillwyn) Fries.
Type Information
Type locality: On Fucus fibrosus [Gongolaria baccata (S.G.Gmelin) Molinari & Guiry], Santon Sands, [North] Devon, Miss Hill.; (Dillwyn 1809: 53)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 June 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
