Phyllogonium elegans Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Phyllogonium elegans Hook.f. & Wilson, London J. Bot. 3: 548 (1844)

Preferred name

Orthorrhynchium elegans (Hook.f. & Wilson) Reichardt

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Orthorrhynchiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 20. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Hooker, J.D.; Wilson, W. 1844: Musci Antarctici; being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. Discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London Journal of Botany 3: 533–556. [Oct. 1844]

Year published

1844

Publication page

548

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Phyllogonium elegans Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Phyllogonium elegans

Etymology

The epithet means elegant and is apt for this highly attractive plant.

Fife, A.J. 2015: Orthorrhynchiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 20. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Type: Bay of Islands, Sinclair (BM, not seen).

Fife, A.J. 2015: Orthorrhynchiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 20. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Phyllogoniaceae

Genus

Phyllogonium

Species

elegans

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Phyllogonium elegans Hook.f. & Wilson

Phyllogonium elegans Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2015)

Orthorrhynchium elegans (Hook.f. & Wilson) Reichardt

Notes

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The epithet means elegant and is apt for this highly attractive plant.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Orthorrhynchiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 20. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

typification

Note text

Type: Bay of Islands, Sinclair (BM, not seen).

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Orthorrhynchiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 20. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

40fa51b5-026f-410c-95ef-0e62a145543b

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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