Conferva hispida Thore 1800

Current name: Thorea hispida (Thore) Desvaux
In a weir joining the River Ouse, near Cambridge, UK - 23 September 2009. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Conferva hispida Thore 1800: 398, fig. A [right]

Published in: Thore, [J.] (1800). Sur la Conferva Hispida. Magasin Encyclopédique 6: 398-403, pl. 391.

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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 Thorea hispida (Thore) Desvaux.

Source of Synonymy
Desvaux, N.A. (1818). Observations sur les plantes des environs d'Angers, pour servir de supplément a la flore Maine et Loire, et de suite à l'histoire naturelle et critique des plantes de France. pp. [1]-188. Angers & Paris: Chez Fourier-Mame, Libraire, rue Saint-Laud; Dondey-Dipré, Libraire, no. 46, au Marais.

Type Information
Type locality: "habite L'Adour [river], Dax, Landes, France"; (Thore 1800) Lectotype: J. Thore; "1801" [error?]; on rocks; P-JU; Herbier d'Antoine Laurent de Jussieu cat. no, 375-D, (Sheath, Vis & Cole 1993: 231-241) Notes: Isolectotypes: BM, L and MICH (673302).A date of 1801 is given for the lectotype in P-JU which is at odds with the date of the publication given by INA as 1800.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), hispid, covered with coarse rigid erect hairs or bristles harsh to the touch [or seeming so] (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 08 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 April 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Date: 1800 [INA] - (06 January 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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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 09 June 2025