Splachnum octoblepharum Hook.
Details
Details
Splachnum octoblepharum Hook., Musci Exot. 2, 167 (1819)
Nomenclature
Hook.
Hook.
1819
167
ICN
Splachnum octoblepharum Hook.
species
Splachnum octoblepharum
The epithet derives from the Greek and means eight-haired, a reference to the peristome. The epithet is a noun in apposition rather than an adjective and hence the often-used form "octoblepharis" is not correct.
Holotype: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land): trunks of fallen trees, base of Table Mountain, Mr. [R.] Brown, ("H. 3007"), BM-K! Isotype: BM-Wilson! Rod Seppelt & Lyn Cave (pers. comm., 16 Mar. 2015) have suggested that the “Table Mountain” of the protologue probably refers to Mt. Wellington. Although there is an extant Table Mountain in the midlands of Tasmania, there is no evidence that Robert Brown visited there.
Classification
Taxonomic concepts
Splachnum octoblepharum Hook.
Splachnum octoblepharum Hook.
Notes
typification
Holotype: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land): trunks of fallen trees, base of Table Mountain, Mr. [R.] Brown, ("H. 3007"), BM-K! Isotype: BM-Wilson! Rod Seppelt & Lyn Cave (pers. comm., 16 Mar. 2015) have suggested that the “Table Mountain” of the protologue probably refers to Mt. Wellington. Although there is an extant Table Mountain in the midlands of Tasmania, there is no evidence that Robert Brown visited there.
Etymology
The epithet derives from the Greek and means eight-haired, a reference to the peristome. The epithet is a noun in apposition rather than an adjective and hence the often-used form "octoblepharis" is not correct.
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 February 2015
