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Pyrrhobryum Mitt.

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Pyrrhobryum Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 10: 174 (1868)
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Fife, A.J. 2016: Rhizogoniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 26. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Fife, A.J. (2016)

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Mitt.
Mitt.
Mitten, W. 1868 ("1869"): A list of the Musci collected by the Rev.Thomas Powell in the Samoa or Navigator's Islands. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 10: 166–195.
1868
174
ICN
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Hypnum spiniforme Hedw.
genus
Pyrrhobryum
According to Meagher (2011), the name Pyrrhobryum probably alludes to fire-coloured peristome teeth, but Mitten (1868) did not indicate the etymology.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Rhizogoniales
Rhizogoniaceae
Pyrrhobryum

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Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Fife, A.J. (2016)
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Rhizogoniaceae Broth.
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)
Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Rhizogoniaceae Broth.

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Pyrrhobryum Mitt.
Australia
Queensland
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Etymology
According to Meagher (2011), the name Pyrrhobryum probably alludes to fire-coloured peristome teeth, but Mitten (1868) did not indicate the etymology.
Fife, A.J. 2016: Rhizogoniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 26. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 July 2017
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