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Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitt.

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Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 62 (1869)
Holodontium (Mitt.) Broth.
Fife, A.J. 2018: Rhabdoweisiaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 37. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Mitt.
Mitt.
Mitten, W. 1869: Musci Austro-Americani, sive enumeratio muscorum omnium Austro-Americanorum mihi hucusque cognitorum, eorum praecipue in terris Amazonicis Andinisque Ricardo Spruceo lectorum. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 12: 1–659.
1869
62
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Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitt.
sect.
Dicranum sect. Holodontium
The generic name means whole-toothed, and refers to undivided peristome teeth. At the time of the description of Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitten’s diagnosis contrasted it with “D. sect. Eudicranum”, which were characterised by having wide and divided peristome teeth.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Dicranales
Dicranaceae
Dicranum

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Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitt.
Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitt.
Fife, A.J. (2018)
Holodontium (Mitt.) Broth.

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Etymology
The generic name means whole-toothed, and refers to undivided peristome teeth. At the time of the description of Dicranum sect. Holodontium Mitten’s diagnosis contrasted it with “D. sect. Eudicranum”, which were characterised by having wide and divided peristome teeth.
Fife, A.J. 2018: Rhabdoweisiaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 37. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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30 October 2015
21 September 2017
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