Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 110 (1854)

Preferred name

Ptychomnion (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt.

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Wilson, W. 1854 ("1855"): Musci. In: Hooker, J.D. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London. 57–125.

Year published

1854

Publication page

110

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

sect.

Canonical form

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion

Etymology

The generic name means pleated moss, and refers to the plications or pleats variably developed in the leaves.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Hypnum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2019)

Ptychomnion (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt.

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Hypnum sect. Ptychomnion Hook.f. & Wilson

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)

Ptychomnion (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt.

Notes

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The generic name means pleated moss, and refers to the plications or pleats variably developed in the leaves.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

53a42c7c-5c7e-4eee-b921-06b8ee3613a1

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

17 November 2015

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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