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Macromitrium helmsii Paris

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Macromitrium helmsii Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl. 238 (1900)
Macromitrium helmsii Paris
Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Fife, A.J. (2017)

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Paris
Paris
Paris, E.G. 1900: Index Bryologicus sive enumeratio muscorum hucusque cognitorum adjunctis synonyma distributioneque geographica locupletissimis. Supplementum Primum. Georg, Geneva.
1900
238
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
Macromitrium appendiculatum Müll.Hal.
species
Macromitrium helmsii
The species epithet commemorates the collector of the type, Richard Helms (1842–1914). German-born Helms was a remarkably talented naturalist of broad interests who collected widely in Australia and N.Z. He was resident in Greymouth in the 1870s and 1880s and collected extensively in the Greymouth area, including the Paparoa Range. As well as plants, he collected invertebrates, and a number of N.Z. beetles and molluscs are named in his honour.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Orthotrichales
Orthotrichaceae
Macromitrium
helmsii

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Macromitrium appendiculatum Müll.Hal.
Macromitrium appendiculatum Müll.Hal.
Fife, A.J. (2017)
Macromitrium helmsii Paris
Macromitrium helmsii Paris
Macromitrium helmsii Paris
Fife, A.J. (2017)
Macromitrium Brid.

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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Macromitrium helmsii Paris
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Etymology
The species epithet commemorates the collector of the type, Richard Helms (1842–1914). German-born Helms was a remarkably talented naturalist of broad interests who collected widely in Australia and N.Z. He was resident in Greymouth in the 1870s and 1880s and collected extensively in the Greymouth area, including the Paparoa Range. As well as plants, he collected invertebrates, and a number of N.Z. beetles and molluscs are named in his honour.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 31. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 February 2024
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