Conferva griffithsiana J.E.Smith 1812

Publication Details
Conferva griffithsiana J.E.Smith 1812: pl. 2312

Published in: Smith, J.E. (1812). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F.L.S. Vol. XXXIII [33], pls 2305-2376. London: Printed for the author by J. Davis.

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 Spyridia griffithsiana (J.E.Smith) Zuccarello, Prud'homme & H.Stegenga.

Type Information
Type locality: Southampton, Hampshire, England; Susanna Biddulph ; (Smith 1812: pl. 2312) Type: BM?;

Created: 12 April 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 October 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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