Leucodon nitidus Hook.f. & Wilson

Details

Name scientific

Leucodon nitidus Hook.f. & Wilson in Wilson, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 99 (1854)

Preferred name

Dichelodontium nitidum (Hook.f. & Wilson) 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.

Nomenclature

Authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Original authors

Hook.f. & Wilson

Publication place

Wilson, W. 1854 ("1855"): 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. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London. 57–125.

Year published

1854

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Leucodon nitidus Hook.f. & Wilson

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Leucodon nitidus

Etymology

The specific epithet nitidum means shiny or polished, and seems apt for this lustrous species.

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

Typification

Lectotype: N.Z., Bay of Islands, J.D. Hooker (herb. Wilson 411), BM 000986857! Selected by R. Hattaway in Mar 1980, but apparently not published. The lectotype is sparsely fruiting and accompanied by a series of detailed sketches by Wilson.

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

Hypnales

Family

Leucodontaceae

Genus

Leucodon

Species

nitidus

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Leucodon nitidus Hook.f. & Wilson

Leucodon nitidus Hook.f. & Wilson

Fife, A.J. (2019)

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

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

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.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The specific epithet nitidum means shiny or polished, and seems apt for this lustrous species.

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

e2dbf281-455b-4628-b3c8-7f959c08cb50

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

7 August 2017

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