Conferva hermannii Roth 1797
Current name:
Audouinella hermannii (Roth) Duby
On bryophyte stem. In a waterfall at Gleniffer Braes Country Park, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 27 April 2015. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Conferva hermannii Roth 1797: 164 (as 'Hermanni')
Published in: Roth, A.W. (1797). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasc. 1. pp. [i]-viii, [1]-244 [1-2, index, pls], 8 pls. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolo I.G. Mülleriano.
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 Audouinella hermannii (Roth) Duby.
Type Information
Type locality: "...legit ad rotam molendinariam in Alsatia." [Alsace, France]; (Roth 1797: 180) Neotype (designated by Necchi 1993 from Bremen, Germany): Ludolph Christian Treviranus; watermill; B; 28258 (Necchi, Sheath & Cole 1993) Notes: Necchi & Zucchi (1995) give the following data: "Germany, Bremen near to Molendinas, L. Treviranus, B 28258" and they note that a neotype was designated by Necchi et al. (1993). It appears that the neotype specimen was collected by Ludolph Christian Treviranus (18 September 1779 in Bremen – 6 May 1864 in Bonn) was a German botanist born in Bremen. He was a younger brother to naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776–1837). "moledina" is Latin for watermills ("molendina aquaticum").
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 08 October 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024