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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson

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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 62 (1854)
Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
Beever, J.E. 2014: Fissidentaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 8. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Beever, J.E. (2014)

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Hook.f. & Wilson
Hook.f. & Wilson
Wilson, W. 1854 ("1855"): Musci. In: Hooker, J.D. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London. 57–125.
1854
62
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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
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Fissidens tenellus
The epithet tenellus (very delicate), derives from tener (soft, tender) + -ella (diminutive suffix), and presumably refers to the nature of the shoots.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Dicranales
Fissidentaceae
Fissidens
tenellus

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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
Beever, J.E. (2014)
Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
Fissidens Hedw.

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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Fissidens tenellus Hook.f. & Wilson
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Etymology
The epithet tenellus (very delicate), derives from tener (soft, tender) + -ella (diminutive suffix), and presumably refers to the nature of the shoots.
Beever, J.E. 2014: Fissidentaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 8. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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