Brachysteleum australe Hampe

Details

Name scientific

Brachysteleum australe Hampe, Linnaea 28: 209 (1856)

Preferred name

Ptychomitrium australe (Hampe) A.Jaeger

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2018: Ptychomitriaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 39. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hampe

Authors

Hampe

Publication place

Hampe, E. 1856: Plantae Muellerianae. Musci frondosi Australasia felici lecti. (Continuatio). Linnaea 28: 203–215.

Year published

1856

Publication page

209

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Brachysteleum australe Hampe

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Brachysteleum australe

Etymology

The specific epithet australe means southern; at the time of the species’ description, no other Brachysteleum or Ptychomitrium species had been described from Australasia.

Fife, A.J. 2018: Ptychomitriaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 39. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Holotype: Australia, Victoria, “In alpibus versus Buchan river”, F. Mueller s.n., BM000867848. (Cited by Meagher 2017, citing an annotation by Cao Tong). Illustrated by Lewinsky 1980, figs 1–3; image seen online, JSTOR Global Plants, accessed 8 Aug. 2017.

Fife, A.J. 2018: Ptychomitriaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 39. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryatae

Genus

Brachysteleum

Species

australe

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Brachysteleum australe Hampe

Brachysteleum australe Hampe

Fife, A.J. (2018)

Ptychomitrium australe (Hampe) A.Jaeger

Notes

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The specific epithet australe means southern; at the time of the species’ description, no other Brachysteleum or Ptychomitrium species had been described from Australasia.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2018: Ptychomitriaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 39. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

typification

Note text

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2018: Ptychomitriaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 39. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

ea17dfca-bcd1-4023-9121-07b8bd70406a

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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