Hypnum laxatum Mitt.

NZOR Identifier: 13612cfc-47fb-4e81-9138-cf06738f2ce5

Status

Synonym of Rhynchostegium laxatum (Mitt.) Paris (NZOR Concept Id 912ce146-4644-4112-b72c-dc89f7ce188f)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Bryidae
order
Hypnales
family
Hypnaceae
genus
Hypnum
species
Hypnum laxatum Mitt.

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Mitt.
Rank
species
Published in
Mitten, W. 1856: A list of the Musci and Hepaticae collected in Victoria, Australia, by Dr. F. Mueller. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 257–266.
Micro-reference (page)
264
Year
1856
Nomenclatural Comment
The epithet laxatum means wide or loose. It was used by Mitten in his protologue in reference to the relatively wide laminal cells in the present species compared to the European R. confertum., Lectoype: Victoria, Gipps Land, Dr. Mueller 120, NY-Mitten 267964! (Designated by Hedenäs, 1996)
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0504f009-f40c-4673-8e8c-09df84a656b1
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Hypnum (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
de52fb37-926e-4cba-9686-f09b843f4427
According to
Fife, A.J. [2017]: Brachytheciaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle ??. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Preferred Name
Rhynchostegium laxatum (Mitt.) Paris (In use by NZOR) }

No subordinate taxa

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