Conferva siliculosa Dillwyn 1809
Current name:
Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2014Ignacio Barbara
Publication Details
Conferva siliculosa Dillwyn 1809: 69, suppl. pl. E
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 Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Cromer in Norfolk and Hastings in East Sussex, England; (Dillwyn 1809: 69) Type: NMW; (Ricker 1987) Notes: Womersley (1987) cites the herbarium as BM-K.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 July 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2023
