Crosbya Vitt

Details

Name scientific

Crosbya Vitt, Canad. J. Bot. 55: 2080 (1977)

Preferred name

Crosbya Vitt

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2017: Daltoniaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 34. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Fife, A.J. (2017)

Nomenclature

Original authors

Vitt

Authors

Vitt

Publication place

Vitt, D.H. 1977: A taxonomic study of the genus Crosbya (=Bellia; Musci). Canadian Journal of Botany 55: 2079–2089.

Year published

1977

Publication page

2080

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Crosbya Vitt

Based on

Bellia Broth.

Type taxon

Crosbya nervosa (Hook.f. & Wilson) Vitt

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Crosbya

Etymology

Crosbya honours Marshall R. Crosby, a long-time curator of bryophytes at the Missouri Botanical Garden, who maintained an interest in the Hookeriales. Vitt (1977) proposed the generic name Crosbya to replace the illegitimate Bellia Broth. (a later homonym of a genus of Apiaceae). The familiar name Bellia, honouring the N.Z. collector William Bell (Larsen 1971), can no longer be applied to this genus.

Fife, A.J. 2017: Daltoniaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 34. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.