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Tortula knightii Mitt.

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Tortula knightii Mitt. in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. III. (Fl. Tasman.) Part II, 174 (1959)
Tortella knightii (Mitt.) Broth.

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Mitt.
Mitt.
Wilson, W. 1859 ("1860"): Musci. In: Hooker, J.D. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. III. Flora Tasmaniae. Part II. Monocotyledones and acotyledones. Lovell Reeve, London. 160–221.
1959
174
ICN
Tortula knightii Mitt.
species
Tortula knightii
The holotype was collected by Mossman in Tasmania, but there is a specimen labelled “New Zealand Knight” of Tortella knightii in NY-Mitten (00371726!), on the same sheet as the holotype. This may account for Mitten’s naming the moss in honour of Charles Knight (c.1808–1891), New Zealand’s first auditor general, and early collector and promoter of N.Z. plants (Galloway 1990).
Holotype: Tasmania, Wellington Falls, Mount Wellington, Mossman 758c, NY 00371724!

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Pottiales
Pottiaceae
Tortula
knightii

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Etymology
The holotype was collected by Mossman in Tasmania, but there is a specimen labelled “New Zealand Knight” of Tortella knightii in NY-Mitten (00371726!), on the same sheet as the holotype. This may account for Mitten’s naming the moss in honour of Charles Knight (c.1808–1891), New Zealand’s first auditor general, and early collector and promoter of N.Z. plants (Galloway 1990).
typification
Holotype: Tasmania, Wellington Falls, Mount Wellington, Mossman 758c, NY 00371724!

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1 January 2000
18 October 2017
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