Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Details
Details
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb., Sp. Hepat. (Lindenberg) 115 (1840)
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Biostatus
Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
"Plagiochila gigantea is endemic to New Zealand".
"One specimen of Plagiochila gigantea collected by Max Fleisher in 1903 bears the locality ‘Fern Tree, Tasmania’,
which is on the eastern flank of Mt Wellington near Hobart. This specimen is a copious, large plant from a readily accessible site close to major centre of population, yet Fleisher’s collection is the only record of P. gigantea from Australia. A couple of points suggest this record may be in error. Firstly, though potential habitat remains at Fern Tree and elsewhere in Tasmania, P. gigantea has not been recollected in Tasmania. It is unlikely that such a large and conspicuous bryophyte would escape detection, or be neglected given its supposed restriction to New Zealand. Secondly, Fleischer collected around the Derwent River in early April 1903 before his ship departed for New Zealand, travelling from Hobart to Taranaki, where Fleischer also collected. It is possible that Fleischer mixed up some of his localities, and I reject P. gigantea from the Australian flora until material of undeniable provenance is obtained."
Nomenclature
Lindenb.
Lindenb.
1840
115
ICN
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
species
Plagiochila gigantea
Classification
Taxonomic concepts
Jungermannia gigantea Hook.
Jungermannia gigantea Hook. 1818
Jungermannia gigantea Hook.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Plagiochila suborbiculata Colenso
Plagiochila suborbiculata Colenso
Plagiochila suborbiculata Colenso
Plagiochila gigantea Lindenb.
Historic biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Type of P. baileyana, a synonym of P. gigantea var. gigantea according to Engel & Merrill (2010) is from Queensland
Collections
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 July 2020
