Leskea sciuroides Hook.

Details

Name scientific

Leskea sciuroides Hook., Musci Exot. 2, 175 (1819)

Preferred name

Glyphothecium sciuroides (Hook.) Hampe

Taxonomy reference

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. 2009: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta. In: Goffinet, B.; Shaw, A.J. (ed.) Bryophyte Biology. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 55–138.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.

Authors

Hook.

Publication place

Hooker, W.J. 1819–1820: Musci Exotici, containing figures and descriptions of new or little known foreign mosses and other cryptogamic subjects. Vol. 2. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London.

Year published

1819

Publication page

175

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Leskea sciuroides Hook.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Leskea sciuroides

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.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Holotype: Tasmania, Musci Exot. 2: pl. 175. “In Insula Van Diemen, D.R. Brown”, herb. Hooker “H. 1973”, BM 000667785!

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Leskeaceae

Genus

Leskea

Species

sciuroides

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Leskea sciuroides Hook.

Leskea sciuroides Hook.

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)

Glyphothecium sciuroides (Hook.) Hampe

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Holotype: Tasmania, Musci Exot. 2: pl. 175. “In Insula Van Diemen, D.R. Brown”, herb. Hooker “H. 1973”, BM 000667785!

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

0dee19dd-cf13-4719-bc38-fe3b6cfe3284

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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