Weissia contecta Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Weissia contecta Hook.f. & Wilson, London J. Bot. 3: 540 (1844)

Preferred name

Blindia contecta (Hook.f. & Wilson) Müll.Hal.

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Seligeriaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 24. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Hooker, J.D.; Wilson, W. 1844: Musci Antarctici; being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. Discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London Journal of Botany 3: 533–556. [Oct. 1844]

Year published

1844

Publication page

540

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Weissia contecta Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Weissia contecta

Etymology

The epithet comes from contectus, an adjective derived from the verb contego (to cover or conceal) and thus meaning “covered” or “concealed by a covering” (D. Meagher, pers. comm., 5 May 2015); it probably refers to the immersed or concealed capsules.

Fife, A.J. 2015: Seligeriaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 24. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: N.Z., “Campbell's Island,” J.D. Hooker s.n. (“Wilson no. 30”), Antarctic Expedition 1839–1843, BM-Wilson! (Designated by Bartlett & Vitt 1986, p. 237.)

Fife, A.J. 2015: Seligeriaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 24. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Pottiales

Family

Pottiaceae

Genus

Weissia

Species

contecta

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Weissia contecta Hook.f. & Wilson

Weissia contecta Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2015)

Blindia contecta (Hook.f. & Wilson) Müll.Hal.

Weissia Hedw.

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: N.Z., “Campbell's Island,” J.D. Hooker s.n. (“Wilson no. 30”), Antarctic Expedition 1839–1843, BM-Wilson! (Designated by Bartlett & Vitt 1986, p. 237.)

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Seligeriaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 24. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Seligeriaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 24. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

18cfacac-0eca-42b1-8393-7f76fcfef3c9

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

13 August 2015

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