Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Details

Name scientific

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 1(3), 875 (1907)

Preferred name

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Fife, A.J. (2019)

Nomenclature

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Original authors

Broth.

Publication place

Brotherus, V.F. 1901–1909: Musci (Laubmoose) II Specieller Teil. In: Engler, A.; Prantl, K. (ed.) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Teil 1. Abt. 3. Engelmann, Leipzig. 277–1246.

Year published

1907

Publication page

875

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Type taxon

Dichelodontium nitidum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Broth.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Dichelodontium

Etymology

According to Meagher (2011) the generic name derives from the Greek roots dichelos (two-headed arrow) and odontos (toothed), and alludes to the half-split peristome teeth.

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Ptychomniales

Family

Ptychomniaceae

Genus

Dichelodontium

Subordinates

Dichelodontium nitidum

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Dichelodontium Broth.

Fife, A.J. (2019)

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Ptychomniaceae M.Fleisch.

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Dichelodontium Broth.

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)

Dichelodontium Hook.f. & Wilson ex Broth.

Ptychomniaceae M.Fleisch.

Notes

Note type

Etymology

Note text

According to Meagher (2011) the generic name derives from the Greek roots dichelos (two-headed arrow) and odontos (toothed), and alludes to the half-split peristome teeth.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2019: Ptychomniaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Vol. 43. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

d6407bc8-82de-4c3e-923e-c1711f4091ec

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

19 September 2017

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