Meteorium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Meteorium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 101 (1854)

Preferred name

Tetraphidopsis pusilla (Hook.f. & Wilson) Dixon

Taxonomy reference

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

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Wilson, W. 1854 ("1855"): Musci. In: Hooker, J.D. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London. 57–125.

Year published

1854

Publication page

101

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Meteorium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Meteorium pusillum

Etymology

The specific epithet pusilla means very small and is certainly appropriate for this species.

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

Typification

Lectotype: N.Z., Wairarapa Valley, W. Colenso 484b, Herb. Wilson, BM 000986878!

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

Meteoriaceae

Genus

Meteorium

Species

pusillum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Meteorium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Meteorium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2019)

Tetraphidopsis pusilla (Hook.f. & Wilson) Dixon

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: N.Z., Wairarapa Valley, W. Colenso 484b, Herb. Wilson, BM 000986878!

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

The specific epithet pusilla means very small and is certainly appropriate for this species.

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

0f9b656d-e375-4318-a436-4af26b947858

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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