Conferva fontinalis Linnaeus 1753

Current name: Vaucheria fontinalis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen
Detail of oogonium. Collected by Jack Oliver, River Kennet, Wiltshire, UK. - 01 May 2011. C.F. Carter (Chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F. Carter (Chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Conferva fontinalis Linnaeus 1753: 1164

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.

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Publication date: 1 May 1753

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 Vaucheria fontinalis (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen.

Source of Synonymy
Christensen, T. (1968). Vaucheria types in the Dillenian herbaria. British Phycological Bulletin 3: 463-469.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 05 April 2005 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 08 April 2023

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Nomenclatural note
The type of Conferva fontinalis Linnaeus, the supposed basionym of this name, is a Vaucheria (Christensen, 1968: 465; Silva et al., 1996: 785). It has been variously ascribed to Rhizoclonium and Oscillatoria. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025