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Sphagnum simplex Fife

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Sphagnum simplex Fife, New Zealand J. Bot. 34: 322 (1996)
Sphagnum simplex Fife
Fife, A.J. 1996: A synopsis of New Zealand Sphagna, with a description of S. simplex sp. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany 34: 309–328.

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New Zealand
Political Region
Fife, A.J. (1996)

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Fife
Fife
Fife, A.J. 1996: A synopsis of New Zealand Sphagna, with a description of S. simplex sp. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany 34: 309–328.
1996
322
ICN
Sphagnum simplex Fife
species
Sphagnum simplex
The epithet refers to the unbranched nature of the stems.
N.Z.: South Island. Nelson Land District: St Arnaud Ra., NE flank of Mt McRae, forming waterlogged mat in depression in Oreobolus & Carpha-dominated cushion bog in E-facing alpine basin, 1600 m a.s.l., 41 o 52.7'S, 172 ~ 51.5'E, NZMS 260 N29/982255, 15 Nov 1987,A. J. Fife 8357, CHR 460018. Isotypi: BA, BM, HO, MICH, WELT.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Sphagnopsida
Sphagnales
Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum
simplex

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Sphagnum simplex Fife
Sphagnum simplex Fife
Fife, A.J. (1996)
Sphagnum simplex Fife

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Sphagnum simplex Fife
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Sphagnum simplex Fife
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Sphagnum simplex Fife
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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N.Z.: South Island. Nelson Land District: St Arnaud Ra., NE flank of Mt McRae, forming waterlogged mat in depression in Oreobolus & Carpha-dominated cushion bog in E-facing alpine basin, 1600 m a.s.l., 41 o 52.7'S, 172 ~ 51.5'E, NZMS 260 N29/982255, 15 Nov 1987,A. J. Fife 8357, CHR 460018. Isotypi: BA, BM, HO, MICH, WELT.
Fife, A.J. 1996: A synopsis of New Zealand Sphagna, with a description of S. simplex sp. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany 34: 309–328.
Etymology
The epithet refers to the unbranched nature of the stems.
Fife, A.J. 1996: A synopsis of New Zealand Sphagna, with a description of S. simplex sp. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany 34: 309–328.

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1 January 2000
27 September 2005
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