Macromitrium ligulifolium Broth.

NZOR Identifier: 03d60499-5853-4cea-bbd5-9e8d0e918b2e

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 4ffc2982-d742-47b1-a854-7dd6e06e8f2c)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Bryidae
order
Orthotrichales
family
Orthotrichaceae
genus
Macromitrium
species
Macromitrium ligulifolium Broth.

Providers

NZFLORA
Provider Contribution Summary

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Terrestrial
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Non-endemic
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
Broth.
Rank
species
Published in
Brotherus,V.F. 1898: Some new species of Australian mosses described IV. Õfversigt af Förhandlingar, Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten 40: 159-193.
Micro-reference (page)
170
Year
1898
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet describes the ligulate leaf shape., Holotype: Australia, New South Wales, near Sydney, W.W. Watts 178, H-Brotherus. Isotype: NSW-Watts. (Cited by Vitt 1983.) Not seen., The spelling of the specific epithet as "ligulifolium" is regarded as correct in ALA, ABNI, Tropicos, Bryonames, and the World Flora Online databases, so this was adopted for the New Zealand names database, March 2025.
Original orthography
ligulaefolium
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
4ffc2982-d742-47b1-a854-7dd6e06e8f2c
According to
Fife, A.J. [2016]: Orthotrichaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle [??]. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Has Parent
Macromitrium (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Macromitrium ligulifolium Broth. (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
51edb635-18af-4e3f-ab11-0b61752b9ea4
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Macromitrium
Preferred Name
Macromitrium ligulifolium Broth. }

No subordinate taxa

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