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Rhacocarpus Lindb.

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Rhacocarpus Lindb., Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 19: 607 (1863)
Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Fife, A.J. 2018: Rhacocarpaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 36. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Fife, A.J. (2018)

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Lindb.
Lindb.
Lindberg, S.O. 1863 ("1862"): Om ett nytt slägte, Epiptygerium, bland bladmossorna. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 19: 599–609.
1863
607
ICN
Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Rhacocarpus humboldtii (Hook.) Lindb.
genus
Rhacocarpus
The generic name (Greek rhako-karpos) means “frayed seed”; according to Meagher (2011) it “presumably [alludes] to the raggedly split base of the calyptra”. The calyptrae in N.Z. material are not frayed at the base, and hence the name does not seem particularly apt.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hedwigiales
Rhacocarpaceae
Rhacocarpus

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Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Fife, A.J. (2018)
Rhacocarpaceae Kindb.
Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)
Rhacocarpus Lindb.

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Rhacocarpus Lindb.
Papua New Guinea
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Etymology
The generic name (Greek rhako-karpos) means “frayed seed”; according to Meagher (2011) it “presumably [alludes] to the raggedly split base of the calyptra”. The calyptrae in N.Z. material are not frayed at the base, and hence the name does not seem particularly apt.
Fife, A.J. 2018: Rhacocarpaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 36. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 August 2019
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