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)...
- branching pattern, with each branch growing to roughly 5 cm long. Synonym: Conferva littoralis Linnaeus (= basionym) Pilayella littoralis "Pylaiella littoralis...
- Cladophora vagabunda Conferva expansa Mert. (type of) - Cladophora vagabunda (L.) C.Hoek at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands Scientific...
-  floridula Binomial name Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann Synonyms Conferva floridula Dillwyn Audouinella floridula (Dillwyn) Woelkerling Callithamnion...
- digitata, Rhodomenia laciniata, Plocamium coccineum, Ptilota plumosa, Conferva rupestrus, Codium tomentosum, Codium adhaerens det Dr Harvey. Because of...
- phycological species, including Haematococcus lacustris, Volvox lacustris and Conferva mammiformis. Voyage d'un Suisse dans différentes colonies d'Amérique pendant...
- stricta (Dillwyn) Greville Synonyms Conferva urceolata Lightfoot ex Dillwyn 1809 Conferva patens Dillwyn 1809 Conferva stricta Mertens ex Dillwyn 1804 Ceramium...
- 1847, syn. Conferva antennina Bory de Saint-Vincent 1804, (Port Edward northwards) Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing 1849, syn. Conferva aerea Dillwyn...
- translator. German text W****erfänden lit. "water-threads", glossed as Conferva sp. of algae. pl. hrnce, of hrnec. Subtype of ATU 476 "Coal Turns into...