Definition of Conferva. Meaning of Conferva. Synonyms of Conferva

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Definition of Conferva

Conferva
Conferva Con*fer"va, n.; pl. Conferv[ae]. [L., a kind of water plant. See Comfrey.] (Bot.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.

Meaning of Conferva from wikipedia

- Cladophora is a genus of reticulated filamentous green algae in the class Ulvophyceae. They may be referred to as reticulated algae, branching algae, or...
- Ducluzeau, accepted as Ceramium diaphanum var. elegans (Roth) Roth, 1806 Conferva elegans Roth, 1797, accepted as Ceramium diaphanum var. elegans (Roth)...
-  floridula Binomial name Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann Synonyms Conferva floridula Dillwyn Audouinella floridula (Dillwyn) Woelkerling Callithamnion...
- of plates with original titles (and notes) Title page, 1768 edition 6 Conferva 8 Tremella 11 Usnea (beard lichens) 14 Coralloides (cup lichens) 18 Lichenoides...
- acknowledged in a number of other works; and had had a species of algae, Conferva brownii (now Aegagropila linnaei) named after him by Lewis Weston Dillwyn...
- 1794,), several plants species (e.g., Rosa acharii, and (type of lichen), Conferva acharii) and one insect, Tortrix achariana have all been named after Acharius...
- digitata, Rhodomenia laciniata, Plocamium coccineum, Ptilota plumosa, Conferva rupestrus, Codium tomentosum, Codium adhaerens det Dr Harvey. Because of...
- branching pattern, with each branch growing to roughly 5 cm long. Synonym: Conferva littoralis Linnaeus (= basionym) Pilayella littoralis "Pylaiella littoralis...
- stricta (Dillwyn) Greville Synonyms Conferva urceolata Lightfoot ex Dillwyn 1809 Conferva patens Dillwyn 1809 Conferva stricta Mertens ex Dillwyn 1804 Ceramium...
- genera Conferva (now not recognized, with its representatives mainly classified under the genus Cladophora) – Conferva gelatinosa or Conferva nodosa (Carl...