Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

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Name scientific

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 92 (1854)

Preferred name

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Funariaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Fife, A.J. (2019)

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

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Physcomitrium pusillum

Etymology

The epithet pusillum means very small, and is apt for this minute species.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Funariaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Holotype: N.Z.: North Island, s. loc., Dr Sinclair, 1850, BM000983165! The holotype is accompanied by Wilson’s original drawings that were reproduced as Bot. Antarct. Voy II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, pl. 87, fig. 1.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Funariaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Funariales

Family

Funariaceae

Genus

Physcomitrium

Species

pusillum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2019)

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

Physcomitrium (Brid.) Brid.

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

New Zealand

North Auckland Land District

Physcomitrium pusillum Hook.f. & Wilson

New Zealand

South Auckland Land District

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Funariaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The epithet pusillum means very small, and is apt for this minute species.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Funariaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

1a738710-9308-47ee-b566-9eabc3d00e26

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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