Hypnum relaxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Hypnum relaxum Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 110 (1854)

Preferred name

Cratoneuropsis relaxa (Hook.f. & Wilson) M.Fleisch.

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

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.

Year published

1854

Publication page

110

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hypnum relaxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hypnum relaxum

Etymology

The meaning of the epithet “relaxa” is obscure, but probably refers to the relaxed or squarrose-recurved nature of the leaves.

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: N.Z.: Port Cooper, Lyall 134, BM 851185!, (Annotated by R. Ochyra, Sep. 1982).

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Hypnum

Species

relaxum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hypnum relaxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Hypnum relaxum Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2014)

Cratoneuropsis relaxa (Hook.f. & Wilson) M.Fleisch.

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: N.Z.: Port Cooper, Lyall 134, BM 851185!, (Annotated by R. Ochyra, Sep. 1982).

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The meaning of the epithet “relaxa” is obscure, but probably refers to the relaxed or squarrose-recurved nature of the leaves.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

b8c647cf-253e-4050-890d-bfce11d06fde

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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