Conferva Linnaeus, 1753, nom. rejic.
Lectotype species: Conferva rupestris Linnaeus
Publication details: Linnaeus, 1753: 1164
Currently accepted name for the type species: Cladophora rupestris (Linnaeus) Kützing
Original publication: 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.
Request PDFType designated in: Chamisso, A. von (1821). Ein Zweifel und zwei Algen. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1(3): 173-180, 1 plate [pl. V].
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-05-01 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of .
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.
Nomenclatural note
This name is a rejected name in favour of Cladophora and the type is Conferva rupestris (designated by Chamisso 1821: 178; see Spencer Et al., 2009: 214). - (29 March 2012) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
This genus originally included a heterogeneous assemblage of 21 species of algae (see Silva, Univ. Calif. Publs Bot. 25: 271. 1952). - (04 January 2011)
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 May 2025
