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Hookeria quadrifaria Sm.

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Smith, J.E. 1808: Characters of Hookeria, a new genus of mosses, with descriptions of ten species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 272–282.
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Hookeria quadrifaria Sm.
species
Hookeria quadrifaria
The specific epithet quadrifarium refers to the supposedly four-ranked insertion of the leaves; the leaves appear to be four-ranked when view dorsally, but the insertion is here interpreted as eight-ranked.
Type: N.Z., Dusky Bay, 1791, A. Menzies 72, H[ooker] 1514, BM-K! (Material from the Smith herbarium not seen.)

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hookeriales
Hookeriaceae
Hookeria
quadrifaria

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Hookeria quadrifaria Sm.
Hookeria quadrifaria Sm.
Fife, A.J. (2017)
Achrophyllum quadrifarium (Sm.) Vitt & Crosby

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typification
Type: N.Z., Dusky Bay, 1791, A. Menzies 72, H[ooker] 1514, BM-K! (Material from the Smith herbarium not seen.)
Fife, A.J. 2017: Daltoniaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 34. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Etymology
The specific epithet quadrifarium refers to the supposedly four-ranked insertion of the leaves; the leaves appear to be four-ranked when view dorsally, but the insertion is here interpreted as eight-ranked.
Fife, A.J. 2017: Daltoniaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 34. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
1 March 2017
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