Hypnum paradoxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Hypnum paradoxum Hook.f. & Wilson, London J. Bot. 3: 554 (1844)

Preferred name

Brachythecium paradoxum (Hook.f. & Wilson) A.Jaeger

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Hooker, J.D.; Wilson, W. 1844: Musci Antarctici; being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. Discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London Journal of Botany 3: 533–556. [Oct. 1844]

Year published

1844

Publication page

554

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hypnum paradoxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hypnum paradoxum

Etymology

The epithet apparently refers to difficulty that Wilson and Hooker had in separating this species from Hypnum (Drepanocladus) aduncum.

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: Hermite Island, Cape Horn, J.D. Hooker 169, Herb. Hook., BM 000851301! (Designated by Hedenäs 1996.)

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Hypnum

Species

paradoxum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hypnum paradoxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Hypnum paradoxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2020)

Brachythecium paradoxum (Hook.f. & Wilson) A.Jaeger

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: Hermite Island, Cape Horn, J.D. Hooker 169, Herb. Hook., BM 000851301! (Designated by Hedenäs 1996.)

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The epithet apparently refers to difficulty that Wilson and Hooker had in separating this species from Hypnum (Drepanocladus) aduncum.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

598ce502-3171-4b33-9e1f-12502b894209

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

9 October 2017

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