Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. ex Beckett

Details

Name scientific

Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. ex Beckett, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 25: 294 (1893)

Preferred name

Sematophyllum kirkii (Müll.Hal. ex Beckett) Paris

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2012: New taxa of Sematophyllum and Wijkia (Musci: Sematophyllaceae), with a key to New Zealand Sematophyllaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(4): 435–447.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Beckett

Authors

Müll.Hal. ex Beckett

Publication place

Beckett, T.W.N. 1893 ("1892"): Description of new species of Musci. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 289–297.

Year published

1893

Publication page

294

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. ex Beckett

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hypnum kirkii

Etymology

The species epithet honours Thomas Kirk, the collector of the type specimen and the author of The Forest Flora of New Zealand.

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Holotype: N.Z., Snares Is, T. Kirk s.n., Jan. 1890, (Herb. Beckett 370, CHR 616204!)

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Hypnum

Species

kirkii

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. ex Beckett

Hypnum kirkii Beckett

Fife, A.J. (2012)

Sematophyllum kirkii (Müll.Hal. ex Beckett) Paris

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Hypnum kirkii Müll.Hal. ex Beckett

New Zealand

Southland Land District

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Holotype: N.Z., Snares Is, T. Kirk s.n., Jan. 1890, (Herb. Beckett 370, CHR 616204!)

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The species epithet honours Thomas Kirk, the collector of the type specimen and the author of The Forest Flora of New Zealand.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

39214ac1-ec3f-4846-a7fb-f66534579ed5

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

6 May 2005

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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