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Hedwigia P.Beauv.

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Hedwigia P.Beauv., Mag. Encycl. 9(5): 304 (1804)
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Fife, A.J. 2014: Hedwigiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 14. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Names_NZAC record source Hedwigia

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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P.Beauv.
P.Beauv.
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1804: Prodrome de l'Aethéogamie (1) ou d'un Traité sur les familles de plantes dont la fructification est extraordinaire. Famille des mousses. Magazin encyclopédique, ou journal des sciences, des lettres et des arts 9(5)(19): 289–330.
1804
304
conserved
ICN
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
genus
Hedwigia
The generic name honours Johannes Hedwig (1730–1799), a Leipzig physician and botanist whose posthumously published Species Muscorum Frondosorum (1801) provides the nomenclatural starting date for mosses.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hedwigiales
Hedwigiaceae
Hedwigia

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Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Fife, A.J. (2014)
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Hedwigiaceae Schimp.
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)
Hedwigia P.Beauv.
Hedwigiaceae Schimp.

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Etymology
The generic name honours Johannes Hedwig (1730–1799), a Leipzig physician and botanist whose posthumously published Species Muscorum Frondosorum (1801) provides the nomenclatural starting date for mosses.
Fife, A.J. 2014: Hedwigiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 14. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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a2d04dd3-69ac-419b-82a0-9bb853b89962
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 July 2017
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