Conferva dichotoma Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1165. 1753. "Habitat in Angliae fossis pratorum." RCN: 8382. Lectotype (Christensen, Seaweeds Brit. Isles 4: 15. 1987): [icon] " Conferva dichotoma, setis porcinis similis " in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 17, t. 3, f. 9. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF). Current name: Vaucheria dichotoma (L.) Mart. (Vaucheriaceae). Note: See Christensen (in Brit. Phycol. Bull. 3: 465. 1968), who discussed Dillenius’ description, figures and voucher material in OXF (the latter reproduced as f. 5, 6), stating (p. 463) that the Dillenian material was the type. This, however, was not seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name. Christensen (in Brit. Phycol. J. 21: 275. 1986) subsequently treated Linnaeus’ description as the type but this is contrary to Art. 8.1.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 435, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971