typification

Holotype: Norfolk Island, A. Cunningham s.n., BM. (Cited by Klazenga 2003). Not seen.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Dicranaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 42. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Etymology

The epithet menziesii honours the Scottish naval surgeon and botanist Archibald Menzies (1754–1842), who accompanied Vancouver on his 4 ½-year circumnavigation of the world. The Vancouver expedition visited Dusky Sound in Fiordland in late 1791. Although Taylor’s (1844) protologue clearly stated the type collection to have been made by Allan Cunningham in Norfolk I., he also stated that he “received the same from Mr Menzies from New Zealand, and named it after him, in 1814”.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Dicranaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 42. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.