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Macromitrium eucalyptorum Hampe & Müll.Hal.

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Macromitrium eucalyptorum Hampe & Müll.Hal. in Müller & Hampe, Linnaea 26: 500 (1855)
Macrocoma tenuis (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt
Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Hampe & Müll.Hal.
Hampe & Müll.Hal.
Müller, C.; Hampe, E. 1855 ("1853"): Musci frondosi Australasiae ab Dre. Ferd. Müller lecti. Linnaea 26: 489–505.
1855
500
ICN
Macromitrium eucalyptorum Hampe & Müll.Hal.
species
Macromitrium eucalyptorum
The epithet eucalyptorumfor this species can be roughly translated as “completely enclosed by the calyptra” and seems a particularly apt, but unfortunately it is a synonymized name for this distinctive species.
Lectotype: South Africa. (Designated by Vitt 1980a.) Not seen.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Orthotrichales
Orthotrichaceae
Macromitrium
eucalyptorum

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Macromitrium eucalyptorum Hampe & Müll.Hal.
Macromitrium eucalyptorum Hampe & Müll.Hal.
Fife, A.J. (2017)
Macrocoma tenuis (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt

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Macromitrium eucalyptorum Hampe & Müll.Hal.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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typification
Lectotype: South Africa. (Designated by Vitt 1980a.) Not seen.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Etymology
The epithet eucalyptorumfor this species can be roughly translated as “completely enclosed by the calyptra” and seems a particularly apt, but unfortunately it is a synonymized name for this distinctive species.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 September 2025
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