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Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr

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Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr, Naturh. Reise Schwedens 96 (1804)
Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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F.Weber & D.Mohr
F.Weber & D.Mohr
1804
96
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Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr
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Climacium
According to Meagher (2011, quoting H.N. Dixon) the name Climacium derives from the Greek klimax (staircase, ladder), “alluding to the appearance of the processes of the inner peristome, the two halves of which are regularly united by projections between the perforations, giving somewhat the appearance of a ladder”.

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Climacium

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Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr
Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr
Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr
Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr
Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr
Climacium F.Weber & D.Mohr

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Etymology
According to Meagher (2011, quoting H.N. Dixon) the name Climacium derives from the Greek klimax (staircase, ladder), “alluding to the appearance of the processes of the inner peristome, the two halves of which are regularly united by projections between the perforations, giving somewhat the appearance of a ladder”.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 July 2017
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