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Tortella cirrhata Broth.

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Tortella cirrhata Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 1(3), 397 (1902)
Tortella cirrhata Broth.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Broth.
Broth.
Brotherus, V.F. 1901–1909: Musci (Laubmoose) II Specieller Teil. In: Engler, A.; Prantl, K. (ed.) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Teil 1. Abt. 3. Engelmann, Leipzig. 277–1246.
1902
397
ICN
Tortella cirrhata Broth.
species
Tortella cirrhata
The epithet cirrhata (translated by Stearn 1992) as “ending in a narrow curled or wavy appendage”) refers to the form of the dry leaves, described in the protologue as “siccitate convolutis incurvo-cirrhatis”.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Pottiales
Pottiaceae
Tortella
cirrhata

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Tortella cirrhata Broth.
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Tortella mooreae Sainsbury
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Etymology
The epithet cirrhata (translated by Stearn 1992) as “ending in a narrow curled or wavy appendage”) refers to the form of the dry leaves, described in the protologue as “siccitate convolutis incurvo-cirrhatis”.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
6 January 2016
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