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Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury

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Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury, J. Bot. 71: 218 (1933)
Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury

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New Zealand
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Dixon & Sainsbury
Dixon & Sainsbury
Dixon, H.N.; Sainsbury, G.O.K. 1933: New and rare species of New Zealand mosses. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 71: 213–220, 244–251.
1933
218
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Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury
species
Tortula viridipila
The epithet viridipila (green hair) refers to the arista at the leaf apex, expressed in the protologue as “aristam flexuosam viridem”.
Holotype: N.Z., Nelson L.D., summit of Mt Arthur, on ground, G.O.K. Sainsbury, BM 001006843, image seen online, JSTOR Global Plants, accessed 1 March 2017. Isotypes: WELT M029632! M005692! CHR 486050A! CHR 486050B!

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Pottiales
Pottiaceae
Tortula
viridipila

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Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Tortula viridipila Dixon & Sainsbury
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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typification
Holotype: N.Z., Nelson L.D., summit of Mt Arthur, on ground, G.O.K. Sainsbury, BM 001006843, image seen online, JSTOR Global Plants, accessed 1 March 2017. Isotypes: WELT M029632! M005692! CHR 486050A! CHR 486050B!
Etymology
The epithet viridipila (green hair) refers to the arista at the leaf apex, expressed in the protologue as “aristam flexuosam viridem”.

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1 January 2000
26 June 2018
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