Conferva fontinalis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 1164. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C) Jarvis, Charlie (L.) T. A. Chr. T. A. Chr. Linnaeus 1753 Xanthophyceae Vaucheriaceae Vaucheria GBIF Plantae Vaucheriales Xanthophyta species fontinalis      Conferva fontinalisLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 1164. 1753.  "Habitat in Europae fontibus." RCN: 8376.   Lectotype(Christensen in Brit. Phycol. Bull.3: 465, f. 1-4. 1968): [icon] " Conferva minima Byssi facie" in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 14, t. 2, f. 3. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius ( OXF).   Note:Christensen (in Brit. Phycol. Bull.3: 465. 1968) treated Dillenius'description as the type but clearly included the cited plate as part of this. As a consequence, his statement is accepted as a formal typification for the name. 2612073011 OXF