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Hypnum lepturum Taylor

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Taylor
Taylor
Taylor, T. 1846: The distinctive characters of some new species of Musci, collected by Professor William Jameson, in the vicinity of Quito, and by Mr. James Drummond at Swan River. London Journal of Botany 5: 41–67.
1846
64
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Hypnum lepturum Taylor
species
Hypnum lepturum
The epithet lepturus means "slender-tailed" and apparently refers to the leaf tips. Taylor (1846) aptly described the "leaves near the tops of the shoots" as having "elongated, almost piliferous summits."
Type: Western Australia, Swan River, 1843, J. Drummond s.n., NY-Mitten!

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hypnales
Hypnaceae
Hypnum
lepturum

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Hypnum lepturum Taylor
Hypnum lepturum Taylor
Fife, A.J. (2014)
Ischyrodon lepturus (Taylor) Schelpe

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typification
Type: Western Australia, Swan River, 1843, J. Drummond s.n., NY-Mitten!
Fife, A.J. 2014: Fabroniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 7. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Etymology
The epithet lepturus means "slender-tailed" and apparently refers to the leaf tips. Taylor (1846) aptly described the "leaves near the tops of the shoots" as having "elongated, almost piliferous summits."
Fife, A.J. 2014: Fabroniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 7. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
9 October 2013
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