Tortula flavinervis var. obscura Dixon

Details

Name scientific

Tortula flavinervis var. obscura Dixon in Dixon & Bartram, Bot. Not. 1937: 75 (1937)

Preferred name

Barbula unguiculata Hedw.

Taxonomy reference

Beever, J.E. 2024: Pottiaceae subfamily Barbuloideae. In: Heenan, P.B. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 50. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Authors

Dixon

Original authors

Dixon

Publication place

Dixon, H.N.; Bartram, E.B. 1937: S. Berggren's New Zealand mosses. Botaniska Notiser 1937: 63–84.

Year published

1937

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Tortula flavinervis var. obscura Dixon

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Tortula flavinervis var. obscura

Etymology

The epithet unguiculata, meaning "clawed", refers to the shortly excurrent costa, which is sometimes recurved and, in the words of Crum & Anderson (1981), "by a stretch of the imagination could be called clawlike".

Beever, J.E. 2024: Pottiaceae subfamily Barbuloideae. In: Heenan, P.B. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 50. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Holotype: N.Z., Lyttelton, 1874, S. Berggren 2413, BM 000825921! Isotype: WELT M001015!

Beever, J.E. 2024: Pottiaceae subfamily Barbuloideae. In: Heenan, P.B. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 50. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Pottiales

Family

Pottiaceae

Genus

Tortula

Species

flavinervis

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Tortula flavinervis var. obscura Dixon

Tortula flavinervis var. obscura Dixon

Beever, J.E. (2024)

Barbula unguiculata Hedw.

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Holotype: N.Z., Lyttelton, 1874, S. Berggren 2413, BM 000825921! Isotype: WELT M001015!

Note reference

Beever, J.E. 2024: Pottiaceae subfamily Barbuloideae. In: Heenan, P.B. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 50. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Note reference

Beever, J.E. 2024: Pottiaceae subfamily Barbuloideae. In: Heenan, P.B. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 50. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

386e71d7-3bc7-4657-9771-ad26964ed196

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

12 December 2023

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