Splachnum purpurascens Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Splachnum purpurascens Hook.f. & Wilson, London J. Bot. 3: 539 (1844)

Preferred name

Tayloria purpurascens (Hook.f. & Wilson) Broth.

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Splachnaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 18. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Hooker, J.D.; Wilson, W. 1844: Musci Antarctici; being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. Discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London Journal of Botany 3: 533–556. [Oct. 1844]

Year published

1844

Publication page

539

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Splachnum purpurascens Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Splachnum purpurascens

Etymology

The epithet purpurascens means becoming purple.

Fife, A.J. 2015: Splachnaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 18. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: Campbell's Island, in moist bogs, amongst grasses, altitude 1000 ft., J.D. Hooker, BM! (Designated by Goffinet 2006.) Isolectotypes: BM-K!

Fife, A.J. 2015: Splachnaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 18. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Splachnales

Family

Splachnaceae

Genus

Splachnum

Species

purpurascens

Subordinates

Splachnum purpurascens var. minor

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Splachnum purpurascens Hook.f. & Wilson

Splachnum purpurascens Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2015)

Tayloria purpurascens (Hook.f. & Wilson) Broth.

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: Campbell's Island, in moist bogs, amongst grasses, altitude 1000 ft., J.D. Hooker, BM! (Designated by Goffinet 2006.) Isolectotypes: BM-K!

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Splachnaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 18. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The epithet purpurascens means becoming purple.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2015: Splachnaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 18. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

d4197244-187b-4bc0-83fe-281cbc25dd65

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

20 February 2015

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