Species Hypheothrix confervae

Name: Hypheothrix confervae Kützing ex Forti 1907

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.fer’vae. L. gen. fem. n. confervae, of an aquatic plant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-FER-wa͡e, feminine

Valid publication: Forti A. Sylloge Myxophycearum. In: De Toni JB (eds), Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. V, Sumptibus auctoris, Patavii, 1907, p. 1-761.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Schizothrix confervae (Kützing ex Forti 1907) Desikachary 1959

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Hypheothrix confervae" Kützing 1843	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Schizothrix confervae (Kützing ex Forti 1907) Desikachary 1959	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
"Lyngbya confervae" (Kützing 1843) Hansgirg 1889	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ❗ Hypheothrix confervae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Hypheothrix.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-07.

Parent taxon: Hypheothrix Kützing ex Kirchner 1898

Assigned by: Forti A. Sylloge Myxophycearum. In: De Toni JB (eds), Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. V, Sumptibus auctoris, Patavii, 1907, p. 1-761.

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Record number: 53245

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Species Hypheothrix confervae