Lexic.us

Definition of Genus Conferva

1. Noun. Type genus of Tribonemaceae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Conferva

Literary usage of Genus Conferva

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"As the sea claims nearly all the species of the genus Fucus and its allies, so the fresh-water claims the majority of the species of the old genus Conferva ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"1901), because the latter name is rendered unsuitable in consequence of the removal by recent authors of the genus Conferva from the ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"... and they are now found to be present in the whole genus Conferva (L.) Wille. N. Wille now adds to these contributions his observations on the manner of ..."

4. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1811)
"... there are still many discoveries probably to be made in the genus Conferva, and there are few botanists more likely to make them, and to establish new ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"The genus Conferva, although still containing numerous species, has been much reduced by the formation of new genera. It has however still an indefinite ..."

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