Conferva amoena Kützing
Current name:
Microspora amoena (Kützing) Rabenhorst
Inagh Valley, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland; on rocks in stram - 17 September 2005. Fabio Rindi (f.rindi@univpm.it)
Publication Details
Conferva amoena Kützing
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 Microspora amoena (Kützing) Rabenhorst.
Source of Synonymy
John, D.M. (2002). Orders Chaetophorales, Klebshormidiales, Microsporales, Ulotrichales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 433-468. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), attractive.
Created: 26 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025
