Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Conferva gelatinosa in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1166 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Batrachospermum gelatinosum (L.) DC.
original Latin diagnosis
Conferva filis ramosis moniliformibus, articulis globosis gelatinosis.
English translation
Conferva with filaments branched [and] moniliform; [and] with joints spherical [and] gelatinous.
| Conferva | Conferva |
| with filaments | filis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun filum, -i |
| branched | ramosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; modifies filis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| moniliform; | moniliformibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective moniliformis, -is, -e; modifies filis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with joints | articulis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun articulus, -i |
| spherical | globosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective globosus, -a, -um; modifies articulus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| gelatinous. | gelatinosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective gelatinosus, -a, -um; modifies articulis |