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Hypnum albicans Hedw.

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Hedw.
Hedw.
Hedwig, J. 1801: Species Muscorum Frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis lxxvii coloratis illustratae. Barth, Leipzig.
1801
251
ICN
Hypnum albicans Hedw.
species
Hypnum albicans
The epithet albicans means becoming white, and is derived from a polynomial used by a pre-Hedwigian author (probably Dillenius).
Lectotype: Europe, no further data, G. (Designated by Hedenäs 2002.) Not seen.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hypnales
Hypnaceae
Hypnum
albicans

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Hypnum albicans Hedw.
Hypnum albicans Hedw.
Fife, A.J. (2020)
Brachythecium albicans (Hedw.) Schimp.

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typification
Lectotype: Europe, no further data, G. (Designated by Hedenäs 2002.) Not seen.
Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Etymology
The epithet albicans means becoming white, and is derived from a polynomial used by a pre-Hedwigian author (probably Dillenius).
Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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