Leskea ericoides Hook.

Details

Name scientific

Leskea ericoides Hook., Musci Exot. 1, pl. 28 (1818)

Preferred name

Cladomnion ericoides (Hook.) Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Authors

Hook.

Original authors

Hook.

Publication place

Hooker, W.J. 1818: Musci Exotici, containing Figures and Descriptions of new or little known foreign mosses and other cryptogamic subjects. Vol. 1. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London.

Year published

1818

Publication page

pl. 28

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Leskea ericoides Hook.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Leskea ericoides

Etymology

Hooker’s (1818, pl. 28) protologue gives no hint why he chose the epithet ericoides for this species. It presumably alludes to a perceived but superficial resemblance to the genus Erica.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Holotype: N.Z.: Dusky Sound, 1791, A. Menzies 78, Herb. Hooker, BM 000986874!

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Leskeaceae

Genus

Leskea

Species

ericoides

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Leskea ericoides Hook.

Leskea ericoides Hook.

Fife, A.J. (2019)

Cladomnion ericoides (Hook.) Hook.f. & Wilson

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Holotype: N.Z.: Dusky Sound, 1791, A. Menzies 78, Herb. Hooker, BM 000986874!

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Hooker’s (1818, pl. 28) protologue gives no hint why he chose the epithet ericoides for this species. It presumably alludes to a perceived but superficial resemblance to the genus Erica.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

7c8d469e-c370-49f3-a9a6-9913b4c420eb

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

25 January 2019

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