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Fissidens Hedw.

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Fissidens Hedw., Sp. Musc. Frond. 152 (1801)
Fissidens Hedw.
Beever, J.E. 2014: Fissidentaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 8. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Names_Fungi record source Fissidens Hedw. 1801

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Beever, J.E. (2014)

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Hedw.
Hedw.
Hedwig, J. 1801: Species Muscorum Frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis lxxvii coloratis illustratae. Barth, Leipzig.
1801
152
ICN
Fissidens Hedw.
Fissidens bryoides Hedw.
genus
Fissidens
The generic name Fissidens, from fissus (split) + dens (tooth), refers to the “split teeth” that make up the peristome of almost all taxa in the genus.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Dicranales
Fissidentaceae
Fissidens

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Fissidens Hedw.
Fissidens Hedw.
Beever, J.E. (2014)
Fissidens Hedw.
Fissidens Hedw.
Fissidens Hedw.
Stone, I.G. (1991)

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Fissidens Hedw.
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Etymology
The generic name Fissidens, from fissus (split) + dens (tooth), refers to the “split teeth” that make up the peristome of almost all taxa in the genus.
Beever, J.E. 2014: Fissidentaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 8. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
4 September 2014
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