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Hypnum Hedw.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hedw.
Hedw.
Hedwig, J. 1801: Species Muscorum Frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis lxxvii coloratis illustratae. Barth, Leipzig.
1801
236
conserved
ICN
Hypnum Hedw.
Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw.
genus
Hypnum
The name Hypnum comes from Hypnos (sleep), probably since various pleurocarps (not only Hypnum as presently understood) were used as filling of pillows and mattresses.

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Plantae
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Hypnales
Hypnaceae
Hypnum

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Nothofagus Blume
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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Hypnum Hedw.
Hypnum Hedw.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. (2009)
Hypnum Hedw.
Hypnaceae Schimp.
Hypnum Hedw.
Hypnum Hedw.
Tangney, R.S. (1997)

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Hypnum Hedw.
Australia
New South Wales
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Hypnum Hedw.
Australia
Queensland
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
1 Link to an external page
Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Hypnum Hedw.
Niue
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Etymology
The name Hypnum comes from Hypnos (sleep), probably since various pleurocarps (not only Hypnum as presently understood) were used as filling of pillows and mattresses.
Schlesak, S.; Hedenäs, L.; Nebel, M.; Quandt, D. 2018: Cleaning a taxonomic dustbin: placing the European Hypnum species in a phylogenetic context. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 40(2): 37–54. (Published online: 27 Dec. 2018)

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fc558f04-8c92-47ac-8831-adf0155a3684
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 July 2018
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