Stereodon contiguus Mitt.

NZOR Identifier: 526ab14d-3569-4d4b-bd33-a8dcc8315c59

: Synonym of Sematophyllum subhumile var. contiguum (Mitt.) B.C.Tan, W.B.Schofield & H.P.Ramsay (NZOR Concept Id a1bab15c-fa62-4e8c-9d48-cb3378b626be)

Authority: Mitt.
Rank: species
Published in: Mitten,W. 1860: Description of some new species of Musci from New Zealand and other parts of the southern hemisphere, together with an enumeration of the species collected in Tasmania by William Archer Esq.; arranged upon the plan proposed in the "Musci Indiae Orientalis". Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 4: 64-100.
Micro-reference (page): 87
Year: 1859
Nomenclatural Comment: The significance of contiguum, meaning touching or neighbouring, is not apparent. Ben Tan (pers. comm., 6 April 2009) has suggested that it may allude to the overlapping leaf bases, which he thinks are “unlike the other species of the genus”., Lectotype: Tasmania, Gunn 51, BM-Hooker 851175! (Designated by Ramsay et al., 2002, p. 41.)

NZOR Concept Id: 3396c977-4a55-4272-bbc2-19811f64abf3
According to: Fife, A.J. 2016: Sematophyllaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Preferred Name: Sematophyllum subhumile var. contiguum (Mitt.) B.C.Tan, W.B.Schofield & H.P.Ramsay (In use by NZOR) }

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