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Gymnostomum areolatum C.Knight

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Gymnostomum areolatum C.Knight, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 7: 355 (1875)
Tortula areolata (C.Knight) Fife

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C.Knight
C.Knight
Knight, C. 1875 ("1874"): A description of some species of Gymnostomum. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 7: 354–355.
1875
355
ICN
Gymnostomum areolatum C.Knight
species
Gymnostomum areolatum
The epithet areolata was apparently chosen by Knight to acknowledge large laminal cells, emphasised in his protologue as “ubique e cellulis amplis” [Knight’s italics] and translated there as “areolae throughout large”. It is not particularly appropriate.
Lectotype: N.Z., Knight s.n., WELT-Knight! (Designated by Fife 1995 p. 315.)

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Pottiales
Pottiaceae
Gymnostomum
areolatum

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typification
Lectotype: N.Z., Knight s.n., WELT-Knight! (Designated by Fife 1995 p. 315.)
Etymology
The epithet areolata was apparently chosen by Knight to acknowledge large laminal cells, emphasised in his protologue as “ubique e cellulis amplis” [Knight’s italics] and translated there as “areolae throughout large”. It is not particularly appropriate.

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1 January 2000
25 June 2018
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