Stereodon contiguus Mitt.

Details

Name scientific

Stereodon contiguus Mitt., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 87 (1859)

Preferred name

Sematophyllum subhumile var. contiguum (Mitt.) B.C.Tan, W.B.Schofield & H.P.Ramsay

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Mitt.

Authors

Mitt.

Publication place

Mitten, W. 1859 ("1860"): Description of some new species of Musci from New Zealand and other parts of the southern hemisphere, together with an enumeration of the species collected in Tasmania by William Archer Esq.; arranged upon the plan proposed in the "Musci Indiae Orientalis". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany. 4: 64–100.

Year published

1859

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Stereodon contiguus Mitt.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Stereodon contiguus

Etymology

The significance of contiguum, meaning touching or neighbouring, is not apparent. Ben Tan (pers. comm., 6 April 2009) has suggested that it may allude to the overlapping leaf bases, which he thinks are “unlike the other species of the genus”.

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: Tasmania, Gunn 51, BM-Hooker 851175! (Designated by Ramsay et al., 2002, p. 41.)

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Stereodon

Species

contiguus

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Stereodon contiguus Mitt.

Stereodon contiguus Mitt.

Fife, A.J. (2016)

Sematophyllum subhumile var. contiguum (Mitt.) B.C.Tan, W.B.Schofield & H.P.Ramsay

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: Tasmania, Gunn 51, BM-Hooker 851175! (Designated by Ramsay et al., 2002, p. 41.)

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 28. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

e808183d-3c4d-4d8c-b5a3-4f36933885e0

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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