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Leskea sciuroides Hook.

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Hook.
1819
175
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Leskea sciuroides Hook.
species
Leskea sciuroides
The epithet sciuroides means squirrel-like and refers to the distinctive aspect of Glyphothecium shoots. The shoot tips usually curve upward and away from the substrate in a manner suggestive of the curvature of a squirrel’s tail.
Holotype: Tasmania, Musci Exot. 2: pl. 175. “In Insula Van Diemen, D.R. Brown”, herb. Hooker “H. 1973”, BM 000667785!

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sciuroides

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typification
Holotype: Tasmania, Musci Exot. 2: pl. 175. “In Insula Van Diemen, D.R. Brown”, herb. Hooker “H. 1973”, BM 000667785!
Etymology
The epithet sciuroides means squirrel-like and refers to the distinctive aspect of Glyphothecium shoots. The shoot tips usually curve upward and away from the substrate in a manner suggestive of the curvature of a squirrel’s tail.

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1 January 2000
7 August 2017
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