Hypnum fluitans Hedw.

Details

Name scientific

Hypnum fluitans Hedw., Sp. Musc. Frond. 296 (1801)

Preferred name

Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske

Taxonomy reference

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hedw.

Authors

Hedw.

Publication place

Hedwig, J. 1801: Species Muscorum Frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis lxxvii coloratis illustratae. Barth, Leipzig.

Year published

1801

Publication page

296

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hypnum fluitans Hedw.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hypnum fluitans

Etymology

The epithet fluitans means floating or swimming.

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Typification

Lectotype: Sweden. (Designated by Hedenäs, 1993.) Not seen.

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Bryophyta

Class

Bryopsida

Order

Hypnales

Family

Hypnaceae

Genus

Hypnum

Species

fluitans

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hypnum fluitans Hedw.

Hypnum fluitans Hedw.

Fife, A.J. (2014)

Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype: Sweden. (Designated by Hedenäs, 1993.) Not seen.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Note type

Etymology

Note text

The epithet fluitans means floating or swimming.

Note reference

Fife, A.J. 2014: Amblystegiaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Metadata

Record id

fb8b03dd-8da4-4acc-b70a-9d1a560fed58

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

7 April 2006

Date last updated

25 January 2024

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