Conferva fuscopurpurea Dillwyn 1807
Current name:
Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye
Original plate (92 a, b) in Dillwyn (1809). The plate was drawn by the collector, W.W. Young - 20 March 2017. Out of copyright
Publication Details
Conferva fuscopurpurea Dillwyn 1807: pl. 92 A, B (as 'fusco-purpurea')
Published in: Dillwyn, L.W. (1807). British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. pls 82-93 (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 Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.
Source of Synonymy
Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Type Information
Type locality: "On lime-stone rocks in the sea about high water mark in the neighbourhood of Dunraven Castle. W. W. Young." [Glamorganshire, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1809: pl. 92) Notes: William Weston Young (1776-1847) was a British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 October 2022
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Taxonomic note
Basionym of Bangia fuscopurpurea. According to Müller et al. (2003), there are several distinct entities of marine Bangia along the North American coastline and they consider that marine populations should continue to be recognized as B. fuscopurpurea until their complex relationships can be resolved. - (19 May 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025
