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.
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