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Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.

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Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 461 (1867)
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Fife, A.J. 2015: Cyrtopodaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 17. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Fife, A.J. (2015)

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(Brid.) Hook.f.
Brid.
Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1867: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands. Part II. Reeve, London.
1867
461
ICN
Cyrtopus setosus (Hedw.) Hook.f.
genus
Cyrtopus
The generic name means curved-foot, and is somewhat confusing given that the seta here is straight. The name probably refers to the stems rather than to the seta; the stems are usually curved upwards and away from the often vertical substrate.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hypnodendrales
Cyrtopodaceae
Cyrtopus

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Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Buck, W.R.; Goffinet, B. (2000)
Cyrtopodaceae M.Fleisch.
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Fife, A.J. (2015)
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Cyrtopodaceae M.Fleisch.
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)
Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
Hypnodendraceae Broth.

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Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
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Cyrtopus (Brid.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Etymology
The generic name means curved-foot, and is somewhat confusing given that the seta here is straight. The name probably refers to the stems rather than to the seta; the stems are usually curved upwards and away from the often vertical substrate.
Fife, A.J. 2015: Cyrtopodaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 17. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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53920539-1246-424e-9157-62365b4a9213
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 July 2017
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