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Basionym
Conferva riparia Roth

Type information
Type locality: Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 786). Lectotype: Mertens; BM (ex K) (Womersley 1984: 170). Notes: Womersley (1984: 170) notes that the holotype is destroyed.