Orthotrichum tenue Hook. & Grev.

Details

Name scientific

Orthotrichum tenue Hook. & Grev., Edinburgh J. Sci. 1: 120 (1824)

Preferred name

Macrocoma tenue (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook. & Grev.

Authors

Hook. & Grev.

Publication place

Hooker, W.J.; Greville, R.K. 1824: Sketch of the characters of the species of mosses, belonging to the genera Orthotrichum, (including Schlotheimia, Micromitrium and Ulota) Glyphothecium, and Zygodon. Edinburgh Journal of Science 1: 110–133.

Year published

1824

Publication page

120

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Orthotrichum tenue Hook. & Grev.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Orthotrichum tenue

Etymology

The epithet tenue means slender and presumably refers to the overall appearance of the plants in relation to species of Orthotrichum (the genus in which it was originally described). The obsolete epithet eucalyptorum can be loosely translated as “completely enclosed by the calyptra” and seems particularly apt, but unfortunately it is a synonymized name for this distinctive species.

Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: South Africa. (Designated by Vitt 1980a.) Not seen.

Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Orthotrichales

Family

Orthotrichaceae

Genus

Orthotrichum

Species

tenue

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Orthotrichum tenue Hook. & Grev.

Orthotrichum tenue Hook. & Grev.

Fife, A.J. (2017)

Macrocoma tenue (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: South Africa. (Designated by Vitt 1980a.) Not seen.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

0d1e5283-ac67-4cda-9741-349ec636023e

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

12 August 2014

Date last updated

12 October 2016

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