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Tetrodontium Schwägr.

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Tetrodontium Schwägr., Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1), 102 (1824)
Tetrodontium Schwägr.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Tetraphidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 35. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Fife, A.J. (2017)

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Schwägr.
Schwägr.
Schwägrichen, C.F. 1823–1824: Species Muscorum Frondosorum, Supplementum Secundum. Vol. 1. Barth, Leipzig.
1824
102
ICN
Tetrodontium Schwägr.
genus
Tetrodontium
The generic name refers to the unique peristome of four large, narrowly triangular, unsegmented, and multicellular teeth.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Tetraphidopsida
Tetraphidales
Tetraphidaceae
Tetrodontium

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Tetrodontium Schwägr.
Tetrodontium Schwägr.
Fife, A.J. (2017)
Tetrodontium Schwägr.
Tetraphidaceae Schimp.

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Etymology
The generic name refers to the unique peristome of four large, narrowly triangular, unsegmented, and multicellular teeth.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Tetraphidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 35. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 October 2016
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