Hypnum laxatum Mitt.

Details

Name scientific

Hypnum laxatum Mitt., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 264 (1856)

Preferred name

Rhynchostegium laxatum (Mitt.) Paris

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Authors

Mitt.

Original authors

Mitt.

Publication place

Mitten, W. 1856: A list of the Musci and Hepaticae collected in Victoria, Australia, by Dr. F. Mueller. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 257–266.

Year published

1856

Publication page

264

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hypnum laxatum Mitt.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hypnum laxatum

Etymology

The epithet laxatum means wide or loose. It was used by Mitten in his protologue in reference to the relatively wide laminal cells in the present species compared to the European R. confertum.

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectoype: Victoria, Gipps Land, Dr. Mueller 120, NY-Mitten 267964! (Designated by Hedenäs, 1996)

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Hypnum

Species

laxatum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hypnum laxatum Mitt.

Hypnum laxatum Mitt.

Fife, A.J. (2020)

Rhynchostegium laxatum (Mitt.) Paris

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectoype: Victoria, Gipps Land, Dr. Mueller 120, NY-Mitten 267964! (Designated by Hedenäs, 1996)

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The epithet laxatum means wide or loose. It was used by Mitten in his protologue in reference to the relatively wide laminal cells in the present species compared to the European R. confertum.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2020: Brachytheciaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 46. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

a2c834e0-54e1-4e7e-9ad3-7953dde875bb

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

28 September 2017

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