Campylopus pyriformis sensu Fife

NZOR Identifier: 670224c9-57ef-4c05-bdfe-4b6d0a5f9589

Status

Synonym of Campylopus pallidus Hook.f. & Wilson (NZOR Concept Id 94512e10-82c5-4768-a5c2-0eb55172809e)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
division
Bryophyta
class
Bryopsida
subclass
Dicranidae
order
Dicranales
family
Dicranaceae
genus
Campylopus
species
Campylopus pyriformis sensu Fife

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Fife
Rank
species
Year
1995
Nomenclatural Comment
The evidence for applying the European name C. pyriformis (Schultz) Brid. [Bryol. Univ. 1: 471 (1826)] to N.Z. material is not convincing. The application of this name by several authors in Australasia dates from a brief publication by Corley & Frahm (1982). That publication outlined some confusion around the type of the basionym (Dicranum pyriforme Schultz) and confusingly stated that material described from the Azores as C. azoricus Mitt. “must be regarded as the typical form of C. pyriformis”. Corley & Frahm placed the Australasian C. pallidus Hook.f. & Wilson in the synonymy of C. pyriformis. The situation is rendered even more perplexing by their subsequent statement that the species in question is an Austral or Australasian species that may have been introduced to Europe in “pre-botanical” times.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
d7d6f9ba-a088-40e9-80d7-6599f02ba908
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Campylopus (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Campylopus pallidus Hook.f. & Wilson (In use by NZOR) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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